... 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... ...n 1985. I am very thankful for the guidance I received back then by members of the Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop (Jon Burrowes, Alexander Jablo... ...I don't know how to read them?" "There are people who can, who have written books on the old tongues and numerologies. The better scrimshanders can ... ...'s words to the scribes at the Rotunda, who would transfer the stories into books. Scrimshanders would immortalize Ulik in bones set aside for keeps... ...ness. Wanting to die. Ninety-six percent of all adolescent yatanii compiled lists of Yata parts and their uses within the household. TripStone had b... ... percent that survived and were rehabilitated, at least half retained their lists. A fellow yatanii, unable to break the food chain by starving, liv... ...ore she told of Ulik, the more she guaranteed his immortality: written into books, carved into his bones, and hung from Masari walls. This hunter ha... ... accountings." The Masari pushed themselves to their feet and offered their lists. 65 Elissa Malcohn Deviations: Covenant The elder gathered the ...

...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...