He knew that far behind him in Airakland, Kirrik’s enslaved son Irdis, fathered by Icacis’s older brother, Sikakis, would assume the throne left vacant when Icacis died of loneliness and grief. An artefact of Old God’s bone, sensitive to finding so-called fruit of the same tree, would proclaim Irdis the new king.
Icacis needs me more than you, Ilik had said, and she’d spoken the truth, but now Builder needed her even more, and Time waited for them both.
A gentle snow began falling as Leaper entered his domain. His mountains.
The thieves’ lantern was deceptively dark between his teeth.
BOOKS BY THORAIYA DYER
Crossroads of Canopy
Echoes of Understorey
Tides of the Titans
Praise for the Titan’s Forest series
“An engaging and beautifully wrought coming-of-age story.”
—Herald Sun (Australia) on Echoes of Understorey
“What a delight to read a fantasy so different from the mainstream and so beautifully realized.”
—Juliet Marillier, winner of the Aurealis Award and the Alex Award
“Dyer’s writing seamlessly melds a lush and layered canopy setting and a complex magical culture to form a unique fantasy world, filled with memorable characters in constant jeopardy.”
—Glenda Larke, author of the Stormlord trilogy and the Forsaken Lands trilogy
“A rich, brutal, fascinating world and an unforgettable heroine.”
—Ilana C. Myer, author of Fire Dance
“Thoraiya Dyer is the writer I most want to infect people with.”
—Anna Tambour, World Fantasy Award finalist
“Imaginative, original, inclusive—and pacy and exciting. Go get it and read it. Maybe twice.”
—Pamela Freeman, author of the Castings trilogy
“A riveting novel.”
—A. M. Dellamonica, author of The Nature of a Pirate
“Readers will be delighted by Dyer’s polished prose and an exquisite new world of intricate mythology, rituals, and politics.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“For her striking first novel, Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer reworks the stuff of epic fantasy in ways that seem organic, rooted in the natural world but just as true to human experience.”
—Locus
“Recommended for readers who appreciate nuanced world building, as both Canopy and Understorey are strange, fleshed-out lands thrown into turmoil.”
—Booklist
“A vividly beautiful fantasy about an epic quest where magic, mystery, and love are woven together.”
—RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
About the Author
THORAIYA DYER is a five-time Aurealis Award–winning, four-time Ditmar Award–winning Australian writer based in Sydney. The first novel in her Titan’s Forest series, Crossroads of Canopy, won the Ditmar Award for Best Novel.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Maps
Prologue
Part I: The Rememberers
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Part II: The Bright Plain
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Part III: The Winged
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Books by Thoraiya Dyer
Praise for the Titan’s Forest Series
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
TIDES OF THE TITANS
Copyright © 2019 by Thoraiya Dyer
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Marc Simonetti
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