CONTENTS

Map of Eshōza

Map of the Greater Jungle

Forbidden Fruit: Adiah

Part One: A Roaring Lion Kills No Prey.

Chapter 1: Good Spirits

Chapter 2: From the Root

Chapter 3: The Smallest Resistance

Chapter 4: Faith and Fortitude

Remarkable Things: Adiah

Chapter 5: Into the Stars

Chapter 6: The Color of Midnight

Chapter 7: Rhythm and Flow

Chapter 8: A Scholar of Destiny

Chapter 9: A Truth and a Lie

Part Two: Even the Elephant Is Entangled in a Spider’s Web.

A True Vessel: Adiah

Chapter 10: On the Subject of Monsters

Chapter 11: A Fair Trade

Chapter 12: The Mamba and the Mongoose

Chapter 13: Leather and Cedarwood

Chapter 14: The Heart of the Jungle

Invisible String: Adiah

Chapter 15: The Old Darkness

Chapter 16: The Follow-Through

Chapter 17: Tricks and Truths

Chapter 18: Scars

Chapter 19: A Beautiful Violence

Part Three: Wake Not a Sleeping Hyena.

The Boy from the West: Adiah

Chapter 20: The Lesser Son

Chapter 21: Blood, Bone, and Soul

Chapter 22: Myths and Folktales

Chapter 23: The Splendor

A Complete Betrayal: Adiah

Chapter 24: Silver Bells

Chapter 25: The Other Daraja

Chapter 26: A Strong Like

Chapter 27: From the Start

Part Four: The Cheetah Dies Once, the Antelope a Thousand Times.

The Sky Garden: Adiah

Chapter 28: A Son of the Six

Chapter 29: The Terrible After

Chapter 30: A Small Grief

Chapter 31: Fireflies

Chapter 32: The Madness

Chapter 33: Heart and Mind

Chapter 34: Beasts of Prey

Author’s Note

Acknowledgments

About the Author