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― Embers Rising
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― We Were Made of Fire
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― Kushiel's Dart
“Her best efforts at seduction had seen a blanket thrown over her head.”
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― A Thief Among Liars
“The old gods know more for being ancient than they do from being gods”
― Warlock of Muscovy
― Warlock of Muscovy
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