The Book of Life

545 Pages·2014·1.98 MB·English

by  Harkness Deborah

ALSO BY DEBORAH HARKNESS
A Discovery of Witches
Shadow of Night

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Copyright © Deborah Harkness, 2014
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Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product
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ISBN 978-0-670-02559-6
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Harkness, Deborah E.
Shadow of night / Deborah Harkness.
p. cm. — (All souls trilogy ; bk. 3) 1. Witches—Fiction. 2. Vampires—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3608.A7436S53 2012
813’.6—dc23 2012005843
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For Karen, who knows why.
It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent that
survives.
It is the one that is most adaptable to
change.
—ELIZABETH I, PHILLIPE DE CLERMONT,
often attributed to Charles Darwin
Contents
Cover
Also by Deborah Harkness
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph

Sol in Cancer
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Sol in Leo
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Sol in Virgo
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Sol in Libra
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Sol in Scorpio
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Sol in Sagittarius
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Sol in Capricorn
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Sol in Aquarius
Chapter 40
Sol in Pisces
Chapter 41
Sol in Aries
Chapter 42
Sol in Taurus
Chapter 43
Sol in Gemini
Chapter 44

Acknowledgments