Chapter 27: Chapter 27: One revolution at a time

The order from Ragnar had been clear: "Make paper. Make it cheap. Make it now."

Inside the leaky shed designated as the "Research Lab," the three captured monks Brothers Osric, Bede, and Athelstan stared at the bubbling vats of wood pulp with a mix of religious fervor and sheer panic. They were men of the cloth, used to copying scripture in quiet scriptoriums, not boiling old rags in a Viking war camp.

"The Director says we need to increase output," Osric muttered, stirring a vat of grey sludge.