CONTENTS

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Map
  5. Foreword 1
  6. Foreword 2
  7. Part I: Rituals of Night
  8. 1: An Interruption
  9. 2: The Wounded Sky
  10. 3: Witch Hunt
  11. 4: The Korthaen Blight
  12. 5: A Wizard, a Duchess, and a Soldier
  13. 6: Briar and Bone
  14. 7: Walk into a Bar
  15. 8: The Underroads
  16. 9: A Murderer’s Hands
  17. 10: Vol Karoth’s Shadow
  18. 11: Not a Love Story
  19. 12: Four Branches
  20. 13: The Strongest Claim
  21. 14: The Sand Daughters
  22. 15: A Foundation of Lies
  23. 16: Travel Inconveniences
  24. 17: Vows of Loyalty
  25. 18: Bad Dreams
  26. 19: The City in the Way
  27. 20: They Hunt in Packs
  28. 21: The Soul in the Harp
  29. 22: Under a Verdant Sky
  30. 23: Lost in the Woods
  31. 24: Conversations in Wicker
  32. 25: The Culling Fields
  33. 26: The Well of Spirals
  34. 27: Dark Sun
  35. 28: The Oldest Vané
  36. 29: The Bathhouse
  37. 30: Cycles of History
  38. 31: Trying to Rule an Empire
  39. 32: The Quarry
  40. 33: The Nature of Power
  41. 34: In the Dark
  42. 35: Lost Loves
  43. 36: The Way No One Expects
  44. 37: The Star Court
  45. 38: Hell’s Daughter
  46. 39: A Counterfeit of Royalty
  47. 40: Bas-Reliefs
  48. 41: Old Loyalties
  49. 42: Rainbow Dragon
  50. 43: The Carriage Ride
  51. 44: Waking the Dragon
  52. 45: The House by the Lake
  53. 46: City of Snakes
  54. 47: The Nature of Souls
  55. 48: Empty Glass Bottles
  56. 49: A Banquet of Vengeances
  57. 50: Petitioning The Vané
  58. 51: Three Little Words
  59. 52: The Kirpis Vané King
  60. 53: The Memory of Souls
  61. 54: Hunting for Valathea
  62. 55: A Window to Past Lives
  63. 56: The Manol Vané Queen
  64. 57: The Ritual Gone Wrong
  65. 58: Herding Snakes
  66. 59: Hidden Loves
  67. 60: Resurrecting the Gods
  68. 61: The Sound of Bone
  69. 62: Back from the Dark
  70. 63: Saying Goodbye
  71. Part II: Rituals of Darkness
  72. 64: The Snows of Kishna-Farriga
  73. 65: The Parliament of Flowers
  74. 66: The Voice of Heaven
  75. 67: The King’s Threat
  76. 68: The Temple of Vilfar
  77. 69: Seizing the Opportunity
  78. 70: The Lord of Little Houses
  79. 71: The Silk Farm
  80. 72: The Names of Their Fathers
  81. 73: Bahl-Nimian
  82. 74: Who They Used to Be
  83. 75: The Temple of Vilfar
  84. 76: The Definition of Talk
  85. 77: Chance Encounters
  86. 78: Fatal Improvisations
  87. 79: The First Question
  88. 80: Kingkiller
  89. 81: In Search of Dragons
  90. 82: A Counterfeit of Royalty, II
  91. 83: The Monastery of Sherna-Veng
  92. 84: The King’s Trap
  93. 85: A Riddle for Baelosh
  94. 86: The Death of Suless
  95. 87: The Tree Tunnels
  96. 88: Every Brothel in the World
  97. 89: The Hideous Truth
  98. 90: A Useless Wizard
  99. 91: Sisterhood
  100. 92: Return to Khorsal’s Palace
  101. 93: An Unexpected Visit
  102. 94: Assumed Loyalties
  103. 95: The Hyena Queen
  104. 96: The Wound in the World
  105. 97: The Law of Daynos
  106. 98: No Trust for Wizards
  107. 99: The Rules of the Game
  108. 100: The Demon Queen
  109. 101: The Black King
  110. 102: A Pointless Waste
  111. 103: Long Live the King
  112. Part III: Rituals of Death
  113. 104: The Other Side
  114. 105: The Uninvited Guests
  115. 106: When Luck Runs Out
  116. 107: Battlefield Dance
  117. 108: The Enemy of our Enemy
  118. 109: Books and Coins
  119. 110: Logical Fallacies
  120. 111: Rescues
  121. 112: What is Owed
  122. 113: The Last Dance
  123. 114: Epilogue
  124. Glossary
  125. Family Trees
  126. Time Line
  127. Acknowledgments
  128. Also by Jenn Lyons
  129. About the Author
  130. Copyright