Contents

Cover

Also by Juliette Wade

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

The Castes of Varin

The Eight Cavern Cities of Varin

Chapter One: Singled Out

Chapter Two: Safety

Chapter Three: Transformation

Chapter Four: A Pinpoint Shot

Chapter Five: A Duel of Questions

Chapter Six: How to Respond to Disappointment

Chapter Seven: A Round of Drinks

Chapter Eight: How to Disappear

Chapter Nine: The Road

Chapter Ten: Descent

Chapter Eleven: Passenger

Chapter Twelve: A Lesson

Chapter Thirteen: A Nobleman’s Tool

Chapter Fourteen: Welcome to Selimna

Chapter Fifteen: Unexpected Guardians

Chapter Sixteen: On Thin Rock

Chapter Seventeen: Melumalai, Kartunnen, Venorai

Chapter Eighteen: Into the Cohort

Chapter Nineteen: In the Shadow

Chapter Twenty: A Special Mission

Chapter Twenty-One: Desperate Measures

Chapter Twenty-Two: Between Arissen

Chapter Twenty-Three: In the Maze

Chapter Twenty-Four: Bodies

Chapter Twenty-Five: Other Bodies

Chapter Twenty-Six: Witness

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Saving Lives

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Gains and Losses

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Heroes

Chapter Thirty: Broken

Chapter Thirty-One: One Life

Chapter Thirty-Two: Responsibility

Chapter Thirty-Three: To Choose

Chapter Thirty-Four: Respect and Insult

Chapter Thirty-Five: About Arissen

Chapter Thirty-Six: Violence

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Shinca

Chapter Thirty-Eight: No Lies

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Unwinnable Game

Chapter Forty: Under Attack

Chapter Forty-One: Missing

Chapter Forty-Two: The Cabinet

Chapter Forty-Three: The Arissen

Chapter Forty-Four: Control

Chapter Forty-Five: Paper Shadows

Chapter Forty-Six: Gathering

Chapter Forty-Seven: Epilogue

Deities of the Celestial Family

Cast of Characters

Acknowledgments

About the Author