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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Map
Dramatis Personae
Book I
1. Djola
2. Awa
3. Surprise
4. The Griot of Griots
5. Storm
6. A Mission
7. The Emperor’s Council
8. Iyalawo
9. Emperor Azizi
10. Wild Child
11. Djola’s Map
12. Treason
13. Pirate Queen
14. Elephant Memories
15. Filled with Now
16. Pirate Living
17. Out of Nowhere
18. Smokeland
19. Vandana
20. Orca
21. A Broken Tusk
22. Out of the Void
Book II
1. Visions of Fire
2. Lovegrass
3. A Different Story
4. A Snake in the House
5. Mortal Danger
6. Living
7. Love
8. Lapsed Elders
9. Everywhere Except Sick Bay
10. Goat Treats
11. The Floating Cities
12. Libraries
13. Fortress
14. Surviving at the Crossroads
15. The Future from the Past
16. River Children
17. Calling Fire
18. Snatched from Herself
19. Basawili
Book III
1. If the Way Is Open
2. Trickster
3. Sentinels
4. Lovers’ Lookout
5. Gifts from the Crows
6. Blood Conjure
7. Yari
8. Holy City
9. Witchdoctor
10. Transgressor Carnival
11. Garden Sprite
12. Escape
13. Glory and Love
14. The Amethyst River Speaks
15. Monsters
16. Taking Measure
17. Names
Book IV
1. Debts
2. Family
3. Star Bridge
4. Bee Dreams
5. Spells
6. Antidote
7. Gate Power
8. Return
9. Reprieve
10. A Good Story
11. A Mirage
Book V
1. Hidden Faces: What Fannie Knows
2. Eishne, Festival of Memories
3. Yesterday’s Blood
4. Juggling Fire
5. Void-Spells
6. Moon Masquerade
7. A Maze of Odors
8. Sacrifice
9. A Change of Heart
10. Lies
11. Lost
12. Trading Stories
13. Council
14. Doubts
15. Most of All
16. Change the Story
17. Xhalan Xhala—Tree Tales
18. Dream Gates
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Also by Andrea Hairston
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
MASTER OF POISONS
Copyright © 2020 by Andrea Hairston
All rights reserved.
Map by Pan Morigan
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First Edition: 2020
*Anawanama pronoun for veson
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