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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... dead , when returned . No , not quite , for on the bottom of the bath , in his blood , the artist had been drawing , as he had once drawn in the spilled ink . . . I looked closely . I thought I could make out the indication of a horse ...
... dead , when returned . No , not quite , for on the bottom of the bath , in his blood , the artist had been drawing , as he had once drawn in the spilled ink . . . I looked closely . I thought I could make out the indication of a horse ...
Page 136
... dead cat in it . And at the hostel's well under the lemon trees you might find me . Why are you drawing so much ... dead , that all of those at that house , like Pierre , might be dead . She felt neither satisfaction nor distress . She ...
... dead cat in it . And at the hostel's well under the lemon trees you might find me . Why are you drawing so much ... dead , that all of those at that house , like Pierre , might be dead . She felt neither satisfaction nor distress . She ...
Page 266
... dead girl , " he said . " Oh no . This tomb is mine , which naturally is why I visit here . I'm long dead , Sieur Raoulin . And therefore why should a storm deter me ? " For all her reality , her body , her shadow going away from her on ...
... dead girl , " he said . " Oh no . This tomb is mine , which naturally is why I visit here . I'm long dead , Sieur Raoulin . And therefore why should a storm deter me ? " For all her reality , her body , her shadow going away from her on ...
Contents
STAINED WITH CRIMSON | 5 |
EMPIRES OF AZURE | 191 |
PART ONE The Scholar | 247 |
Copyright | |
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