The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themse — Iain Banks, The Crow Road
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The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themselves had remained, made proof against the blaze and guaranteed their stark survival just by their earlier oppression.

— Iain Banks, The Crow Road
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