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 124
... alley where the Imago thieves waited . She pulled him by a leash of air . Then , in the alley , she took her brother's hand and drew him forward . " See , " she said to the thieves . A light flared and went out . Three of them leapt at ...
... alley where the Imago thieves waited . She pulled him by a leash of air . Then , in the alley , she took her brother's hand and drew him forward . " See , " she said to the thieves . A light flared and went out . Three of them leapt at ...
Page 163
... alley , full memory returned to Jhane . It met her like a blow , so she dropped back against the wall , covering her face in shame and distress . But the enormity of what had happened , being insupportable , gushed as suddenly from her ...
... alley , full memory returned to Jhane . It met her like a blow , so she dropped back against the wall , covering her face in shame and distress . But the enormity of what had happened , being insupportable , gushed as suddenly from her ...
Page 199
... alley , the cab - driver was from his cab , leaning in an arch at the entrance , smoking . He aided me and my parcel back inside the vehicle . " That's got a bad name , that has , " he said , " that place . " I wondered if he meant the ...
... alley , the cab - driver was from his cab , leaning in an arch at the entrance , smoking . He aided me and my parcel back inside the vehicle . " That's got a bad name , that has , " he said , " that place . " I wondered if he meant the ...
Contents
STAINED WITH CRIMSON | 5 |
EMPIRES OF AZURE | 191 |
PART ONE The Scholar | 247 |
Copyright | |
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