Beginnings Mendelin
Sources Ananke
Chronicles Commentaries
Journeys Book of Stars
Book of Stones Book of Ages
Book of Water Peoples
Book of Wind Healings
Book of Fire Laws
Tragedies Battles
Book of Remembrance Progressions
Sarojin Book of Dreams
Baladin Idylls
Averin Visions
Souls Valkariad
Songs Trian Prophecies
Meditations The Eschaton
THE AGES OF EA
The Lost Ages (18,000 – 12,000 years ago)
The Age of the Mother (12,000 – 9,000 years ago)
The Age of Swords (9,000 – 6,000 years ago)
The Age of Law (6,000 – 3,000 years ago)
The Age of the Dragon (3,000 years ago to the present)
THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Yaradar Marud
Viradar Soal
Triolet Ioj
Gliss Valte
Ashte Ashvar
Soldru Segadar
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank the people closest to this book, who made it possible: My daughters, who journeyed with me on many long and magical walks through Ea and helped generate this story with their pointed questions, blazing imagination, dreams and delight. My agent, Donald Maass, for his great enthusiasm, brilliant suggestions and help in fine-tuning the story. And Jane Johnson and Joy Chamberlain, whose inspired editing, unstinting support and sheer hard work in the face of great pressure brought this book to life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Lightstone
David Zindell lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is the author of Neverness and the Requiem for Homo Sapiens trilogy: The Broken God, The Wild and War in Heaven.
OTHER WORKS
By David Zindell
NEVERNESS
A Requiem for Homo Sapiens
THE BROKEN GOD
THE WILD
WAR IN HEAVEN
The Ea Cycle
THE LIGHTSTONE: THE NINTH KINGDOM
THE LIGHTSTONE: THE SILVER SWORD
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