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The Copper Meridian

by Yara Hallowell

The Hallowmere Lectures · Book 4

In 1769, apprentice surveyor Elias Venn arrives at Hallowmere believing one flawless commission could secure his future.

In 1769, apprentice surveyor Elias Venn arrives at Hallowmere believing one flawless commission could secure his future. The college’s trustees are binding their scattered lands into a single estate, engraved upon a monumental copper map. But when the plate is heated, erased boundaries return as red ghosts—and human names appear beneath the lines. Soon, locked doors open for the map’s bearer while servants, tenants, and apprentices discover that their own paths are closing. The more freedom Hallowmere grants its masters, the more completely it claims everyone who serves them. Only one boundary refuses to settle: the muddy track Widow Agnes Rooke has crossed for decades to reach St. Anne’s Well. To prevent the Midnight Meridian from closing, Elias must corrupt the survey he was trained to make exact, conceal the proof beneath Hallowmere, and trust one stubborn woman to keep walking when the college tries to own every road.

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