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Serpents, calling into question the legitimacy of Alcan’s right as future king. Indir’s aunts, Kupi and Ixara, Dream that Indir will lose what she loves most, that she must leave Alcanzeh, and return when she has found the Lost Dreamer. Alcan arrives in Alcanzeh, with an army of Fire warriors and is unwilling to participate in the rituals of the Dreamers. Instead, Alcan demands that a sacrificial game be played between the Fire warriors and the Avex warriors. Alcan’s brother, Inkop, will fight for the Fire warriors and Ovis, son of Tavovis, will fight for the Avex warriors. Kupi and Ixara are assumed to be dead after their hair and blood are found on the altar of the Two Serpents. Indir leaves Alcanzeh in disguise with the help of Raru, an Ilkan protector of Dreamers, Dua, a temple worker with the gift of fire and Avex Warrior Ovis, her chosen.
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about what Celay has done. Ruta and her chosen partner, Kinet, befriend Saya. Saya, Kinet and Ruta discover a Story written on the walls of a temple involving a comet. Saya’s protective necklace is taken by a large bird while Celay is away from the village. While
Dreaming, Saya sees a man singing who knows her name. She realizes that the man is her father and that he loves her, contrary to the story Celay told her about her birth. Saya accompanies Kinet and Ruta to the Night Bird Ceremony, a ritual for queer families to conceive. Nahi, an Ilkan woman, finds Saya at the ceremony and warns her that she is in danger. Saya decides to leave with Nahi for protection.
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The novel was published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young
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