Black Bottle

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I WANT to thank Ricardo Bare, Alan Blomquist, Christopher Duden, Joe Houston, Marc Laidlaw, Andrea Lee, Brady Monson, and Gary (William) Webb. I also want to thank Sandy and the Öyster boys for more inspiration than I can shake sticks at.

With regards to other details such as patience, answering my questions, and generally being cool: thanks to Tobias Buckell and Alan Campbell. To my agent, Paula Guran, thank you again. To Paul Stevens in particular: I couldn’t have finished this without you. And the rest of the crew at Tor, also and again: thank you for the opportunity to tell this story. To my girls, I love you.

PART ONE

There is an island paradise

where truth is absolute.

Once you arrive, you cease to exist.

—YACOB SKIE

CHAPTER

1

Love and warmth and family portraits were gone. Taelin had said good-bye to all of her friends. She walked resolutely, powered on disdain and a small cold brightness between her breasts.

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