Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)

by Lindsay Ellis

“You … call yourself an ‘amygdaline’?”

The word “amygdaline” came about as a result of me using the word “almandine” incorrectly when describing Ampersand’s eyes, and it was only the copy editor that caught this (almandine is a purple gemstone, and doesn’t mean “almond-shaped.” Kind of like how “noisome” doesn’t mean “noisy,” what’s up with that?)