... Deviations: Covenant Elissa Malcohn Second Edition This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the prod... ...of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblanc... ...gs and shoulder her rifle. She opened her eyes, bent her body to follow the outlines of the dead trunk, and barely breathed. Blued mountains ringed ... ...er's care. His first tufts of crimson chops gleamed in a shaft of sunlight. Natural for a boy his age to do something stupid. TripStone had been stu... ... morning light gleamed golden off cairns that pointed the way, disguised as natural rock formations. Birds screeched, squabbling over territory. No,... ...houlder. WindTamer concluded, "Piri and Thread have been inventing a touch language so we can communicate. So far as we can tell, Piri came from so... ... old enough to reproduce. Beyond the nursery and the breeding pens lay the processing house, splitting the night with its howls of slaughter. The m... ...would take too long to heal. The rest of them would have to learn the touch-language, wherever their fur was fine enough for Piri's words to get thr... ...isscrossed each other beneath the hot rocks. Ghost could barely discern the outline of a torso, limbs, head. His stomach lurched and he twisted away...

...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelter...