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 150
... stone pile , watched . It was like a scene in Hell , until the snow began to fall and , as the cumbersome buckets had not been able to , whisper by whisper , put out the burning house . He had a fancy for the jug , and kept it by him ...
... stone pile , watched . It was like a scene in Hell , until the snow began to fall and , as the cumbersome buckets had not been able to , whisper by whisper , put out the burning house . He had a fancy for the jug , and kept it by him ...
Page 178
... stone under the pillow . " " Not a stone . It's your own cross . " " I haven't any , " he said . " Yes . When you were in the fever , I took it from your neck and placed it there for safe - keeping . Your cross with the topaz . " He ...
... stone under the pillow . " " Not a stone . It's your own cross . " " I haven't any , " he said . " Yes . When you were in the fever , I took it from your neck and placed it there for safe - keeping . Your cross with the topaz . " He ...
Page 183
... stone child by the fountain had become a dwarf , who got to his feet and bowed and capered , revealing the stone child was there after all , behind him . " Buy a ribbon , " said the dwarf . “ Or have you cut your hair and shaved your ...
... stone child by the fountain had become a dwarf , who got to his feet and bowed and capered , revealing the stone child was there after all , behind him . " Buy a ribbon , " said the dwarf . “ Or have you cut your hair and shaved your ...
Contents
STAINED WITH CRIMSON | 5 |
EMPIRES OF AZURE | 191 |
PART ONE The Scholar | 247 |
Copyright | |
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