Califia's Daughters (2004)
“The fields receded, giving way to neat rows of squash and corn and later to small flower gardens, before disappearing entirely behind fences and walls. Grand houses began to appear—or rather, their high and solid perimeter walls began to loom over the public way, laced along their tops with wicked shards of glass and broken by iron gates with guards wearing uniforms of various colors and decorations. The shopkeepers’ wares became more gleaming, despite the dust, their smiles broader, their hand...s more clever. Culum and Tomas grew increasingly edgy, and twice Culum showed his teeth at riders who pressed too close. The second time disturbed even Simon, when they were all crushed between an unexpectedly swerving coach-and-four and a high wall topped by jagged bits of glass. Dian cursed the driver loudly, to no response, and turned off abruptly into the next lane, which led east to the Bay.
She sat for half an hour atop the long, high ridge of gathered rubble that kept the Bay from the Road, sat and threw rocks and allowed the dogs to run after birds and the horse to crop at the stubby grass.MoreLess
She sat for half an hour atop the long, high ridge of gathered rubble that kept the Bay from the Road, sat and threw rocks and allowed the dogs to run after birds and the horse to crop at the stubby grass.MoreLess
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