Chris Riddell

CEDE Chapter Ten

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Chris Riddell
Jun 23, 2026
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Cede climbed the stairs to the gantry at the very top of the cocoon house and looked out across the Blackwater. A grey mist shrouded the far horizon where the unlit lands lay, and tendrils of mist like a ragged curtain wreathed the dark waters below him. He crossed to the other side of the circular gantry and surveyed the city, his city.

The jumble of wh…

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