South Wind

Bishop Thomas Heard is seasick, indignant, and trying to preserve his dignity as a stranger suggests throwing a suffering child overboard. Ahead, Nepenthe appears through the mist like a cloud that has lost its way.

On a sultry Mediterranean morning, the Bishop of Bampopo sails toward an island of vineyards, rocks, and houses—and a society he has been warned is “a little mixed.” Mr. Heard prefers order, duty, and bright ideals; his fellow passenger Mr. Muhlen seems to relish discomfort, disdain, and the company of any sort. As the south wind lifts the fog, Nepenthe grows real, and the Bishop’s certainties may prove less seaworthy than he is. What manner of island is waiting beneath that veil?

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