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Territories, The:
Collective name for the towns and tribes that have pledged allegiance to Gujaareh. Often referred to as simply “Gujaareh.”

Tesa:
An oasis in the Empty Thousand, around which a thriving trade-center has developed.

Timbalin:
A popular narcotic in Gujaareh. Allows uncontrolled dreaming.

Tithe:
A Gujaareen citizen’s due offering to Hananja.

Tithebearer:
One designated by the Hetawa to receive Hananja’s blessing, in return for a tithe of dream-humors.

True-seeing:
A dream-vision of the future or past.

Umblikeh:
The tether that binds soul to flesh and permits travel out of the body into other realms. When severed, death follows instantaneously.

Una-une:
A Gatherer of Hananja, recently deceased. Ehiru’s mentor.

Voice of Kisua:
An ambassador of Kisua, who speaks for the Protectors. The proper title for a Voice is “Speaker.”

Waking Moon:
Younger sister of the Dreaming Moon. Visible only shortly before sunrise.

Water Garden:
A meditation-space in the inner Hetawa.

Wind Garden:
A meditation-space in the inner Hetawa.

Wood Garden:
A meditation-space in the inner Hetawa.

Yanya-iyan:
The Prince’s main palace in the capital city, seat of Gujaareh’s government.

Zhinha:
One of the two branches of nobility in Gujaareh, whose members claim to be descended from liaisons between mortals and Dreaming Moon’s children. Zhinha believe Gujaareh’s strength lies in its ability to adapt and change.

Contents
 

Welcome

Author’s Note

 

Epigraph

 

Chapter 1

First Interlude

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Second Interlude

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Third Interlude

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Fourth Interlude

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

 

Extras

 

Meet the Author

 

Interview

 

A Preview of
The Shadowed Sun

 

By N. K. Jemisin

Praise for the Inheritance Trilogy

 

Glossary

 

Copyright

Copyright
 

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Copyright © 2012 by N. K. Jemisin

Excerpt from
The Shadowed Sun
copyright © 2012 by N. K. Jemisin

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