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William Gordon Stables MD, CM. RN (21 May 1840 – 10 May 1910) was a Scottish-born medical doctor in the Royal Navy and a prolific author of adventure fiction, primarily for boys. William Gordon Stables was born in Aberchirder, in Banffshire (now part of Aberdeenshire). After studying medicine at the University of Aberdeen, he served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy. He came ashore in 1875, and settled in Twyford, Berkshire, in England. He wrote over 130 books. The bulk of his large output is

It’s a camel ride, and I In a desolate street Of a ravaged city Holding the worn-out leather reins Drive towards that home On whose threshold A sorrowful woman is tethered down With a cord Of my promise A sturdy cord, weaved from heart-strings Bare-headed, for many centuries Teary eyes Eyes with the glint of an ancient star Anxious to imbibe the smell of my ashen robe And to hear the distressed grunts Of my brown camel. The same soggy corner of the chamber Where one night When wooden arrows

In this story of a world far into the future with a magical world of alchemy, and a Goddess, Lineia, that takes care od people the world has started falling apart as teh two factions of people the Cristail and the Rovmaninov's fight for dominance. These are the letters that Rudolph an Alchemist living in a Cristailian Convent and his best friend Javari wrote back and forth to each other. In a time where peopel died every day the story of love and affection that these two show will have to stand