Stranger ways of life exist in Baru’s world; we must not be too quick to pass judgment.
Those who fear cliff-hangers may rest assured that the end of Baru’s story is written. We must only help her reach it!
BOOKS BY SETH DICKINSON
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
The Monster Baru Cormorant
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SETH DICKINSON’s short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and on Tor.com. He is an instructor at the Alpha Workshop for Young Writers, winner of the 2011 Dell Magazines Award, and a lapsed student of neuroscience. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. The Monster Baru Cormorant is his second novel, following The Traitor Baru Cormorant.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Map
Epigraph
Prelude
Act One: The Fall of the Elided Keep
1. In the Ruin of Them
2. Incarnation
Interlude: The War Paper
3. The Lever
4. Neath the Dead Dog’s Tongue
5. The End of History
6. The Lightning in the East
A Story About Ash 1
7. Hesychast, Whose Flesh Is a Temple
8. Dinner, Destiny …
9. … and Durance
10. The Killing Woman
Interlude: RNS Sulane
Interlude: Admiralty War Plot
Act Two: The Fall of the Llosydanes
11. Scytales and Shao Lune
12. The Llosydanes
13. Baru’s Dates
A Story About Ash 2
14. Is the Oath Kept?
16. Tau-indi
17. The Mask Beneath the Mesa
Interlude: The Llosydanes
Interlude: The Mansion Hussacht
Act Three: The Fall of Kyprananoke
18. Metagames
19. Cheetah
20. Glass Pierces Cheek
A Story About Ash 3
21. The Map Entire
22. Baru in the Bilge
A Story About Ash 4
23. The Pithing Needle
24. Iraji
25. The Embassy
26. The Black Emmenia
Eternal
Acknowledgments
Books by Seth Dickinson
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.
THE MONSTER BARU CORMORANT
Copyright © 2018 by Seth Dickinson
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Sam Weber
Map by Gillian Conahan
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First Edition: October 2018