Lake News
A Novel
Chapter One
Lake Henry, New Hampshire
Like everything else at the lake, dawn arrived in its own good time. The flat
black of night slowly deepened to a midnight blue that lightened in lazy steps,
gradually giving form to the spike of a tree, the eave of a cottage, the tongue
of a weathered wood dock - and that was on a clear day. On this day, fog
slowed the process of delineation, reducing the lake to a pool of milky glass
and the shoreline to a hazy wash of orange, gold, and green where, normally,
vibrant fall colors would be. A glimpse of cranberry or navy marked a lakefront
home, but details were lost in the mist. Likewise the separation of reflection
and shore. The effect, with the air quiet and still, was that of a protective
cocoon.
It was a special moment. The only ... read full excerpt from Lake News ebook
