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Name: Compass Hall: A Civic Fable
Author: Colin Alexander

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Compass Hall cover artwork showing a civic hall reflected in still water — Monochrome first-edition artwork.

Illustrated literary novella

Compass Hall: A Civic Fable

Colin Alexander

A republic teaches its children to find north before they learn to find themselves. From that first lesson, the novella follows civic trust, ordinary tools, and the questions people inherit together.

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Print editions: Paperback available now; hardcover forthcoming.

Formats: Kindle, paperback, and hardcover.
Publisher: Somewhere Publishing
ISBNs: Hardcover: 979-8-9969328-0-1
Paperback: 979-8-9969328-1-8
EPUB: 979-8-9969328-2-5
Reader resources: Browse resources for Compass Hall.
Sample: Read the opening of Chapter 1, “The Lesson of North.”
Illustrations: View six selected monochrome plates from the book, led by the Table of Compasses.
Maps: Compare the two states of Plate No. 7, revised seventeen years apart.
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