CATHY HIRANO has been translating professionally since 1984. Her translations of YA fiction and fantasy have won several awards, and her translations of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and its sequels by Marie Kondo are international bestsellers.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Part One: The Quest
From Ialu’s Diary
One: Voice from the Past
1. The Kiba Chamber
2. The Secret of the Washu
3. Chimulu’s House
4. Esalu’s Concerns
5. Autopsy
6. A Message from the Past
Two: Seimiya’s Days
1. The Voice Inside
2. Spring Banquet
Three: Descendants
1. The Road to Oohan
2. The Toga Mi Loh
3. An Arrow Splits the Dark
4. The Lord of Amasulu
5. Yohalu’s Children
6. Kuriu
7. Yohalu’s Secret
8. Origins
9. The Diary of the Kalenta Loh
Four: Father and Son
1. The Bathhouse
2. Ambush in the Alleyway
3. In Leelan’s Shadow
4. Hard Shell
5. Flight
6. Caged
7. Dawn Bird
8. Seimiya’s Garden
Five: A New Road
1. Elin’s Whereabouts
2. House for Two
3. Raging River
4. A Series of Notes
5. Two Paths
6. Audience
7. Toda Rider
Part Two: The Final Chapter
Six: Family Days
1. Hot Water Bottle
2. Yugula Fire Ants
3. The Mystery of Trees
4. Jesse’s Dream
5. Soundless Sound
6. Jesse Enrolls
Seven: Spring Flight
1. Alu and Jesse
2. Beast Fangs
3. Voice in a Dream
4. The Beast Hunter
5. Leaf Emblem
6. Seimiya’s Visit
7. Alu Mates
8. Elin’s Diary
9. Flight of the Ochiwa
Eight: Partings
1. Oli’s Decision
2. Internal Strife
3. Father and Son
4. White Light of Morning
5. In the Field
6. The Toda of Lahza
7. The Yojeh’s Words
8. The Courier Comes
9. Mother and Child
Nine: Madness
1. To Amasulu
2. The Caravan City Imeelu
3. Subterranean River
4. In the Camp
5. The Kalenta Loh
6. The Morning of the Battle
7. Madness
8. The Silent Whistle
9. Ash-Colored City
Elin’s Tree
Afterword
About the Author
Copyright
Text copyright © 2009 by Nahoko Uehashi
Translation copyright © 2020 by Cathy Hirano
Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Yuta Onoda
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