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The Orphan's Tales

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threatens their sanctuary. The stories grow similarly darker, revolving around the two titular cities: one where coins are made from bones of the children who work at the mint, and the second, an exotic city that is home to a variety of fantastic creatures such as a firebird, a clockwork woman, and
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The friendship between the girl and the prince strengthens as she begins to tell him the stories inked on her second eye. While in the first volume the children had the garden almost completely to themselves, now the marriage of the prince's sister
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traveling back to their temple and eventually entered into a temple of her own. Desperate to see the story to its conclusion, Snow convinces Sigrid to continue her quest to find the original Saint Sigrid.
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who accuses him of murdering her daughter. As he tries to redeem himself, he learns about the witch's life on the steppe, quests for the skin of a beast, and discovers the truth of his family's history.
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The novel is split into two books, which revolve around two different casts of characters who inhabit the same world. Some characters appear in both books - as well as in the sequel,
225:: In the bitter cold of an icy country, to pass the time as they work, Sigrid the Netweaver tells a girl called Snow how she got her name: When she was young, she joined a group of 527: 261:
is composed of two books. Although each book focuses on a different set of characters and new locations, some of the stories run through each part of the series.
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were inspired by the novel. The albums also have readings from the books.
307: 271:, and they join a troupe of performers traveling across the countryside. 250: 76: 995: 132: 72: 434: 268: 198: 194: 208:; for example, the myths of the Stars run through numerous stories. 1063:"They Will Dream in the Garden" by Gabriela Damián Miravete (2018) 282: 239: 215: 184: 407: 226: 509: 378: 285:, and the one djinni who defies her kingdom to stop the war. 389:
In The Cities of Coin and Spice Reviewed by Dan Hartland.
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The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden
Catherynne M. Valente
United States
English
Fantasy
mythpunk
Bantam Spectra
The Grass-Cutting Sword
Palimpsest
fantasy
Catherynne M. Valente
Michael Kaluta
Mythopoeic Award
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
World Fantasy Award

tattoos
Sultan
witch
monks

Dinazade
hulder
djinn
One Thousand and One Nights
Scheherazade
Dinarzad
S. J. Tucker
Mythopoeic Award
World Fantasy Award

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