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[ GODFALLEN ] 

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Captain Alvarez raises her cup, her silver eye glinting in the light of the dawn. She grins, slow and catlike. “Here’s to daring escapes,” she begins. “To dastardly plans -” She pauses, raising her eyebrows. “And to you, you goddamn sons of bitches. Drink up!” The crew roars their approval, their shouts deafening. 

BASIC

TITLE // GODFALLEN 

GENRE // HISTORICAL FANTASY

NARRATION // THIRD PERSON, TWO NARRATORS

STATUS // OUTLINING 

LENGTH // NOVELLA

MAJOR THEMES // FOUND FAMILY, RELIGION, MORTALITY, HOW SMALL ONE IS IN THE FACE OF DESTINY, POWER, HOW MIGHTY THE WORLD AROUND ONE IS 

SETTING // LONDON, 1764 

SUMMARY

Kotch has never known anything other than serving her mistresses - the ones richer than her, fairer than her, prettier than her. It isn’t all bad, though; one of the two sisters she serves is always kind to her, treating her almost like a daughter. The other one...the bruises that woman leaves on her arms and her mind speak louder about her than Kotch does. But she doesn’t mind it - at least until the only good thing in her life - the only good person in her life - passes away suddenly. Kotch endures the abuses of her one mistress now for months, until one day, she doesn’t. 

The sign at the fish market calls for sailors, for a ship departing next week called The Kraken. Kotch doesn’t know the first thing about sailing. But she does know what she wants - and that’s to get out of London. So she scrapes together the meager funds she has, and buys herself everything she needs to start her new life, on a ship.

Quincy Dupont is the fifth child out of nine children - forgettable, forgettable, and even more forgettable. He isn’t his oldest brother (Lucien, runs a successful trading business in Germany) nor his youngest sister (Estelle, whose future ahead of her as a painter is looking bright). No, he’s just Quincy - the middle son, flighty and irresponsible. Quincy, who can’t stick with anything. Quincy, whose parents beg him to settle down with a wife and a steady job. Quincy, who just can’t stay in one place for longer than a month. 

Quincy, who’s in London now to catch a ship to South Africa. Hopefully someone there will hire him for something, and he can stick around there for a while before the next shiny person, place, or thing catches his eye. 

Kotch and Quincy end up on the same ship together, under the beautiful, strong captain Luisiana Alvarez. They get to know the captain, along with the crew - a few of them very intimately - but there are things that both Quincy and Kotch are oblivious to.

Maybe it was a coincidence that Kotch and Quincy ended up on the same ship, under the same charming captain, heading to change their lives. Or maybe it was destiny. 

But neither of them know that the captain of the Kraken has something darker up her sleeve, or that this ship to South Africa will never reach it in the first place. What happens when you mix pirates in disguise, two strong-willed young people, and ancient gods buried deep within the seas? 

Nothing good, that’s for sure.

CHARACTERS

KOTCH - 19 year old girl taken from her homeland of India to be a servant for her two white mistresses, Leona and Anastasia Dryden, along with Leona’s daughters. Anastasia was like a mother to her, but Leona and her daughters were horrid. Once Anastasia died, Kotch was left serving Leona and her little monsters. She could only take it for so long, before she ran off to become a sailor on the Kraken.

QUINCY DUPONT - 20 years old, the fifth son of famous French merchant Louis Dupont, but seemingly the only son who can’t accomplish anything. His siblings have all either settled down with their spouses or have promising futures ahead of them, but not him. Quincy can never stay in one place, he’s always moving, always changing. He’s taught himself close to everything he knows. He got fired from his job as a tutor in Germany, after getting caught sleeping with a student. Right now, he’s on his way to South Africa, hoping something is waiting for him there. 

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