Historical Fiction spotlight
Signal Fires
by Callum Wrenn
Two brothers, four hundred miles of coast, and a chain of beacons neither is allowed to explain.
Synopsis
A wartime beacon chain, two brothers on opposite ends of it, and orders that make sense only from very far away.
The editorial feature
Archival historical fiction at its most patient and most rewarding.
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