Captain General of Dorinah’s western legion. Near-cousin to Zezili Hasaria.

Taodalain Hasaria

One of Zezili Hasaria’s four sisters. Daughter to Livia Hasaria.

Tir Salarihi Garika

Clan leader of Clan Garika. Married to Alais, Gaila, and Moarsa. Father of Yisaoh Alais Garika, Hadaoh Alais Garika, Rhin Gaila Garika, Lohin Alais Garika and Kihin Moarsa Garika.

Tira

A heavenly body which appears above Raisa every ten to twelve years, which enjoys six to eight years of ascendance. Those who can call on Tira may be able to restore and heal flesh, grow/train/control plants and plant-based lifeforms, create wards.

Tira is also known as the Lord of Life.

Tirajista

Term for those who can channel the power of Tira when it is ascendant. Those who can call on Tira may be able to restore and heal flesh, grow/train/control plants and plant-based life-forms, create wards.

Tirajistas are also known as tirajika, restorers, gardeners, spinners.

Tordin

Country on the southeastern shore of Grania, led currently by a King named Saradyn of Lind. Prior to his rule, the country was a morass of warring city-states controlled by Penelodyn, cousin to the Empress of Dorinah, and the Thief Queen, a former commoner turned warmonger.

Tulana Nikoel, Ryyi

Leader of the Seekers in Dorinah.

Una Morinis Raona

Gatekeeper of the Temple of Oma. A tirajista.

Voralyn Jovyn

A Dorinah seeker. Sinajista.

Worldbreaker

Mythic term for omajista.

Wraisau Kilia, Ren

A sanisi in Saiduan. Tirajista.

Yisaoh Alais Garika

Daughter of Alais and Tir Salarihi Garika. Sister of Rhin Gaila Garika, Hadaoh Alais Garika, Lohin Alais Garika and Kihin Moarsa Garika. Yisaoh once contested Javia Mia Sorai for the title of Kai.

Zezili Hasaria

Captain general of Dorinah’s eastern legion. Zezili’s mother, Livia Hasaria, is Dorinah and her father a dajian, but her mother claimed her and ensured her status as a free Dorinah as opposed to a dajian slave. Her title is Syre.

Zini

The smallest of Raisa’s three moons.

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would not have come to be without the help of my agent, Hannah Bowman, who shepherded this novel through endless rounds of revisions – a couple of which turned out to be a burning down and rebuilding from the ground up (seventeen page edit letter!). It’s been great to have an agent involved in this process from pitch to proposal to publication day. Thanks, Hannah.

I’d also like to thank the folks at the Wellspring Writers’ Workshop, in particular Bradley Beaulieu and Gregory Wilson, for their detailed feedback on what I though was a polished manuscript, but turned out to be a very rough, very early draft.  Thanks for wading through endless disconnected travelogues and peeling out all the good stuff.  For feedback on later versions of the book, thanks go to Dave Zelasco.