The Inheritance Trilogy

by N.K. Jemisin

viscera—and

aethers

fricatives.

interstices

lasciviousness.

ignominy;

fecundity,

truncated,

I savored the momentary illusion of control.

palps

Protectorate.

winnowed

unfilial

dalliances.

unprecedented.

It had not been all suffering and horror. Life is never only one thing.