<h3><strong>Shine of the Moon - Tales 2</strong></h3><p><em>Shine of the Moon - Tales 2</em> brings together four self-contained stories set on the margins of a larger quietly unfolding world-one shaped by time mortality kindness and endurance.</p><p>In <strong>Tempus</strong> short lives and the manipulation of the past place the future itself at risk.</p><p> <strong>The Borrowed Body</strong> follows a grim disturbance among the dead where duty demands difficult and unsettling choices.</p><p> <strong>The Goblin Girl</strong> explores isolation survival and the cost of being different in a world that offers little protection to the vulnerable.</p><p> In <strong>The Toy Maker</strong> an act of simple generosity draws unexpected-and dangerous-consequences.</p><p>Taken together these tales form an intimate portrait of a world where magic is old compassion is hard-won and even the smallest lives leave lasting marks.</p><p>Written and illustrated by John Lawry <em>Shine of the Moon - Tales 2</em> is a thoughtful character-driven collection that blends fantasy with quiet human truths.</p><p>This book includes both serious and lighthearted stories all set in the post global warming world of the future</p>