The Poppy War

“The harder we are to find, the better. And if you want to find Enki, just follow the whining.”

“Speer? Speer was beautiful.”

The difference between shamans and everyone else is that our prayers actually work.

With Altan she felt as if she belonged

She was not a nameless war orphan; she was a Speerly.

Training with Altan was like training with an older brother.

“Suni’s mom fucked a monkey,” Ramsa said happily.

“Sometimes I think this is as bad as the Speer Massacre,” Kitay said cheerfully. “And then I think—nah. Nothing is as bad as the casual genocide of an entire race! But this is pretty bad.”

“Consider me bullied and intimidated, just let me sleep.”

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