The Book of the BeastIn Lee's complex fantasy city and its sprawling timeline, the descendants of one family are marked for doom and death by a mysterious amulet, leading them into opulence and decadence, where obsessive love and disease can render any magic useless. |
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Page 359
... Vusca's trouble , and his trouble was Vusca . Bad luck had made him into the man he was . The demon devoured that , and then it could go on , devouring him , down to the marrow of his spirit . Yes , he saw it now . He was drowsy ...
... Vusca's trouble , and his trouble was Vusca . Bad luck had made him into the man he was . The demon devoured that , and then it could go on , devouring him , down to the marrow of his spirit . Yes , he saw it now . He was drowsy ...
Page 364
... Vusca had been dreaming night and day of the legions . But not Vusca's son . And Lavinia , so afraid : if he becomes a soldier he'll be sent far away . Sent away . . . something in that . Eighteen and a commission - it might be anywhere ...
... Vusca had been dreaming night and day of the legions . But not Vusca's son . And Lavinia , so afraid : if he becomes a soldier he'll be sent far away . Sent away . . . something in that . Eighteen and a commission - it might be anywhere ...
Page 370
... Vusca's trouble , and his trouble was Vusca . Bad luck had made him into the man he was . The demon devoured that , and then it could go on , devouring him , down to the marrow of his spirit . Yes , he saw it now . He was drowsy ...
... Vusca's trouble , and his trouble was Vusca . Bad luck had made him into the man he was . The demon devoured that , and then it could go on , devouring him , down to the marrow of his spirit . Yes , he saw it now . He was drowsy ...
Contents
STAINED WITH CRIMSON | 5 |
EMPIRES OF AZURE | 191 |
PART ONE The Scholar | 247 |
Copyright | |
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