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Epigraph

One often forgets that [dictionaries] are artificial repositories, created well after the languages they define. The roots of language are irrational and of a magical nature. The Dane who spoke the name 'Thor' or the Saxon who spoke the name 'Thurnor' did not know if these words meant 'the god of thunder' or 'the din that follows lightning'. Poetry longs to return to that ancient magic. Without predefined laws, it moves falteringly, bravely, as if walking in the dark.

-Jorge Luis Borges, "El Otro, El Mismo" (translation mine)

Advance, Uncorrected Sample Chapters

• Prolog

• Part One: Starhaven
  1. Nicodemus Weal
  2. Invocation
  3. Argos the Librarian
  4. Magistar Shannon
  5. Cacography

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