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And so, we’re finally onto the story of Saint Sigrid, herself a child of Ajanabah like Snow who finds herself spirited away by a crew of all women.l-pirates; from there, we have the story of Tomomo, a fox-spirit and from her, the sad story of Itto the Twinned-Star and of his creation and Tomomo’s ship, the Maidenhead…

The Book of the Steppe is completed, and now we’re onto the next tale the Book of the Sea; here, we are introduced to a girl called Snow who is told a story by a net-weaver, of the Dreaming City called Al-a-Nur and of the battle between Papesses, one of whom is resurrected with the help of a Yi…

And finally, the truth is discovered with the connection made between Helia and Knife, with Aerie’s life returned at the price of another life; and for the boy who wanted to be Death, justice finally comes for the Wizard (and we discover the King to be the half-brother to Magadin, the beast-maiden) — read this as I was on my way to my Honours degree graduation ceremony today!

Read this yesterday on the bus, onto the story of Eyvind, the man who was once a polar bear set upon avenging a murdered star; Leander gets the Leucotta’s skin, who in turn gives the story of how he met the Witch of the Glen and how they saved a beast-maiden, Magadin, from the wizard; and from there, Magadin tells the story of her stepmother Iolanthe, and how Magadin was effectively betrayed into being kidnapped…

A Sultan’s son sneaks down to the girl with stories painted on her eyes, and already, I was hooked; we start with Leander and his quest to revive Aerie, a bird-maiden he accidentally killed, and to help the witch known as Knife; alongside this, we learn the stories of Bent-Bow and Helia and of the Manikarna; and right now, Leander is on a quest to find the Leucrotta to help Knife revive Aerie…