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“But how could this have been kept a secret?” Breakfast asked skeptically.

“I don't know,” Lily mumbled. “But I bet it wasn't easy.”

She staggered forward, staring at what shouldn't be there. The perfume of the flowers being crushed beneath her soot-blackened feet sweetened the soft breeze. The sky was the exact shade of blue that Rowan imagined in his dreams of California, and the sun shone with the same sparkling golden light.

“That's the Pacific Ocean,” Lily said. “That's impossible. We hadn't even made it through Kansas.” She heard her voice catch, and realized that she was crying.

“The Hive must have flown us over half the country to get us here,” Una said.

Lily couldn't start mourning Tristan now or she knew she'd fall apart. She didn't really believe it yet, anyway. A part of her kept whispering that it was impossible. Tristan couldn't be dead because she couldn't imagine a world without him. Lily swiped angrily at the tears streaming down her face and read what was written over the main gate of this impossibly beautiful Shangri-la.

WELCOME TO BOWER CITY.

End of Book Two

 

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Ahanu:
Outlander girl who tried to tame a Woven

Alaric Windrider:
known as the Sachem, he became the leader of the Outlanders after his wife and baby daughter froze outside the Citadel

Anoki:
Carrick's abusive father who worked as bait man for his tribe

Caleb Crow:
an Outlander who is friends and stone kin with Rowan, one of Lily's claimed; Elias was his partner

Carrick:
an Outlander who once kidnapped and tortured Lily; formerly Gideon's right-hand man, now working for Lillian; Rowan's half brother

Chenoa Longshadow:
An Outlander scientist Lillian is desperate to put on trial; she was a professor at Lillian's school, and the driving force behind developing the nuclear bombs

Councilman Bainbridge:
one of the ruling council of Salem

Councilman Roberts:
the longest-serving Salem councilman

Councilman Thomas Danforth:
leader of the Salem Council, father of Gideon

Councilman Wake:
a member of the ruling council of Salem

Dana:
an Outland elder who Lily claimed while freeing her from Lillian's prison; she is a tanner and has a young son

Dr. Rosenthal:
superintendent of Lily's school system in Salem, Massachusetts

Esmeralda:
ran a safe house for Outlanders in Salem; betrayed Lily to Gideon out of jealousy

Gavin:
a young page and possible mechanic who works for Lillian

Gideon Danforth:
Lillian's head mechanic after Rowan left and a commander in her army; Lillian sent him to his death after he kidnapped Lily and allowed her to be tortured

Hakan:
Outlander scientist involved in Chenoa's nuclear bomb project

Hans Krebs:
scientist who determined the citric acid cycle

James Proctor:
Lily's absent father, who lives in Richmond

Juliet Proctor:
Lily's and Lillian's sister; Lily's Juliet is a registered EMT who attends Boston University; and Lillian's Juliet turned away from her sister after Lillian went too far in her quest to stamp out Chenoa and her friends in the scientist trials

Keme:
Outlander scientist involved in Chenoa's nuclear bomb project

Lillian:
the Salem Witch, also known as the Lady of Salem; she is the tyrannical ruler of Salem who, after developing a deadly illness, pulled Lily into her universe to take her place

Lily Proctor:
a seventeen-year-old from Salem, Massachusetts; after Lillian pulls her through to an alternate universe, she discovers that her crippling allergies are actually signs that she is a powerful Crucible and Witch

Mary:
Rowan and Carrick's mother; now deceased, this beautiful Outlander was originally married to Anoki, and then left him to marry River Fall

Michael Snowshower:
an Outlander doctor and scientist who gave Chenoa and her team medicine for dying Outland children; Lillian's breaking this deal drove Juliet away

Miranda Clark:
a sophomore girl from Lily's high school who Tristan hooked up with, breaking Lily's heart

Mr. Carnello:
also called Mr. Carn; Lily's senior-year physics teacher

Red Leaf:
Breakfast's alternate, who is studying to be the new shaman

Riley:
a teen boy who lives in an underground subway outside of Richmond

River Fall:
an Outland doctor and Rowan's father; he was the first person hanged by Lillian

Rowan Fall:
also known as Lord Fall, this Outlander was originally Lillian's true love and head mechanic; after Lillian killed his father, he ran away to join Alaric and eventually fell in love with and was claimed by Lily

Samantha Proctor:
Lily and Juliet's mother; born with the power to see into other universes, Lily's Samantha was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and heavily medicated; Lillian's Samantha was unable to handle her gift and committed suicide

Scot:
a teen boy from Lily's high school who almost killed her in an attempt to take advantage of her at a party

Special Agent Simms:
the FBI agent in charge of Lily's case

Stuart “Breakfast” Doyle:
Tristan's friend and Una's boyfriend, he becomes one of Lily's claimed

Tristan Corey:
Lily's best friend and first love, Rowan's best friend and stone kin; although Tristan was never claimed by Lillian, Lily has befriended and claimed both versions of him

Una Stone:
a teen girl in Lily's poetry class; she is Tristan's friend and Breakfast's girlfriend, and becomes one of Lily's claimed

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I'd like to thank Jean Feiwel at Feiwel and Friends for her faith in this series, my coeditor Holly West for her keen eye and diligence, and Mollie Glick, my long-suffering agent. Mollie and I were both pregnant while I was writing this book, which made for some pretty interesting pregnancy-brain conversations that mostly centered around one of us forgetting what we were going to say. Big kisses for my family back home. For Kelly Gryncel Davis—you fought the Big C like a goddess, and you will be sorely missed. For my husband and baby girl—one of you was a huge help, and the other made me have to take about a million bathroom breaks. I'm not pointing any fingers, but you know who you are. I love you both with all my heart.

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Josephine Angelini
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THE WORLDWALKER TRILOGY

TRIAL
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WITCH'S PYRE

FALL 2016

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Cast of Characters

Acknowledgments

About the Author

The Worldwalker Trilogy

Copyright

 

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