Days of Blood and Starlight (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Karou: The apprentice resurrectionist, trained by Brimstone, now the only hope for the chimaera, as they continue to fight against the Seraphim who seek to annihilate them.
• Madrigal Kirin: Chimaera of high-human aspect with vast bat wings, horns and gazelle legs from the knees down. She worked as Brimstone's apprentice.
• Thiago: The White Wolf. The Chimaera general.
• Ten: Henchman of the White Wolf - Thiago. She is a nasty, brutal killer.
• Ziri: The last of the Kirin; "Lucky Ziri" - he is one of the few who still inhabits his "natural" flesh, his Kirin form.
• Issa: Naja. Serpent from the waist down and woman from the waist up. She raised Karou.
• Jael: Joram's younger brother; commander of the Empire's elite legion.
• Zuzana: Karou's best friend.
• Mik: Zuzana's boyfriend. Violinist.
• Liraz: Seraphim warrior; Akiva's half-sister.
• Hazael: Seraphim warrior; Akiva's half-brother.
• Joram: The Emperor. Akiva's father.
• Sveva: Deer centaur. Younger sister to Sarazai
• Razgut: A fallen angel.
• Sarazal: A fugitive deer centaur.Older sister to Sveva.
• Balieros: A soldier in the White Wolf's chimaera army. Bull centaur
• Kazimir: Karou's ex-boyfriend; a mediocre actor.
• Rath: Another slave. A Dashnag with long white fangs. Has a tiger head and cat eyes that caught the light and silvered.
• Amzallag: A soldier in the White Wolf's chimaera army.
• Akiva: The enemy angel.
• Noam: young patrol leader
• Razor: Heth bone priest
• Kala: lieutenant of the Second Legion
• Tangris and Bashees: identical to each other. Sphinxlike panther creatures of dusky black, fine-boned and softly furred, with the heads of women and wings of dark owl feathers. Their nickname is 'The Shadows That Live'
• Ormerod: Second Legion commander
• Virko: Has spiraling ram horns. A soldier in the White Wolf's chimaera army.
• Nevo: Imperial Guard
• Eliav: Captain of the Silverswords
• Namais and Misorias: Joram's personal bodyguards
• Byon: head steward. Maintained the lists of the emperor's bastards, canceling the dead so their names might be given to newborns
• Haxaya: A fox soldier that had been Madrigal's friend once
• Japheth: The crown prince
• Melliel: One of the Misbegotten
• Festival: Akiva's mother

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• “Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.”

• “don't sheathe your claws”

  Ten

• “Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their wings”

• “As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better”

  Akiva

• “My sister, Sunshine, and my brother, Light. You two should rally ranks. You'll have us all killing ourselves by morning.”

  Hazael

• “"I think I have a right to know what my pain is paying for" "Don't be child. We all have our roles to play." "Oh. And yours is what, babysitter? I'm sorry, I mean traitor-sitter?"”

  Karou and Ten

• “In real life, fool city folk never die in the desert and turn into bleached skeletons”

  Mik

• “Oh, and don't trip over the body on the floor”

  Karou

• “You're freaking Frankenstein!”

  Zuzana

• “Once upon a time, a girl lived in a sandcastle, making monsters to send through a hole in the sky.”

• “I would stick my head down monster throats looking for you.”

  Mik

• “Gods of math and physics, I accept your gift of this clever, fair-haired boy”

  Karou

• “I think they breathe at least half their air out of each other's mouths.”

  Karou

• “Once upon a time, chimaera descended by the thousands into a cathedral beneath the earth. And never left.”

• “I feel like a fly when its trapped in the window and almost dead.”

  Zuzana

• “Now it was only the shame that shamed him. Loving her was the only pure thing he had done in his life.”

• “Angels... Holy hell, Karou. In the sky. Hundreds. Hundreds. The World. Is freaking. Out.”

  Zuzana

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Prague
• Eretz
• The Kirin Caves
• Astrae: Known as the City of a Hundred Spires. Built by Joram on the ruins of the old city.
• Loramendi: city of the chimaera
• Cape Armasin: the former chimaera garrison
• Adelphas Moutains: ice-rimmed peaks that served as a fortress between the empire and the free holdings
• Kasbah: Castle built of Earth
• Secret Coast: home to tidal villages and folk who could live in the water or out of it
• Hintermost: the highest moutains in Eretz
• Ouarzazte: pronounced War-za-zat - a region of palm oases, camels, and kasbahs at the fringe of the Sahara desert.
• Agdz
• Azenov: landmass that made up the heart of the Empire's land
• Tane: a river east of of Azenov
• Ait Benhaddou: most famous kasbah in Morocco
• Bullfinch

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Glossary edit see section history

• Thurible: a vessel for the capture of souls of the dead, to preserve them for resurrection
• Dama: Deer centaur
• Dashnag: Describe this term.
• Skinwights
• Caprine: sheepfolk, nicknamed herdbeasts
• Akko
• Hartkind
• Kirin
• Nitid: One of the two moons in Eretz, and the bigger one
• Ellai: The second moon in Eretz. Goddess of assassins and secret lovers
• Stelians
• Breakblades: what Misbegotten called Silverswords, after their elegant weapons
• Naja
• sirithar: the state of calm in which the godstars work through the swordsman
• Nithilam: the godless thick-of-battle frenzy to kill instead of die

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and followed by Untitled (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3).

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Laini Taylor (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.T214826 Day 2012
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains violence and sexual situations

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary

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