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"Heir" by Sabaa Tahir, Chapters 1-9

Wed Jul 09 08:31:46 EDT 2025
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In this romantic fantasy novel, the lives of three young people intersect: Aiz, a poor orphan languishing in prison; Sirsha, an outcast banished from her tribe; and Quil, a crown prince.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Chapters 1-9, Chapters 10-17, Chapters 18-26, Chapters 27-36, Chapters 37-50
cloister
So, with dawn approaching, Aiz crept through the hushed, wood-beamed halls of the cloister and out to its stone courtyard.
supplication
Aiz clasped her hands in supplication.
drudge
Aiz’s fellow drudges scurried amid the chaos, lowborn Snipes like her hauling buckets and poles and ice-encrusted flight leathers.
subservience
“Having my basic needs met only costs subservience to the Triarchy,” Cero went on, “and offering my life to a Spires-forsaken megalomaniac who shouldn’t oversee a dog kennel, let alone an army.”
prodigious
His ability to windsmith — to bend the air currents to his will — was prodigious.
destitution
She was weaponless and — irritatingly — bootless, with nothing but her wits standing between herself and complete destitution.
rime
Cero turned yet again, this time past a grate crusted with ice and rime and into a narrow passage.
consummate
Charming, quick with a blade, and wickedly clever, he was the consummate spy, appearing not quite Scholar nor Martial, but a bit of both.
engender
Throughout Quil’s life, Aunt Helene had tried to engender a closeness with Marcus’s many family members.
draught
An unfurling — warm, as if he’d taken a draught of hot, spiced cider amid a snowstorm.
libertine
Certainly, Tas was a libertine.
eldritch
The fire flickered and the wind screamed into the cave, an eldritch warning.
capricious
The elements, however, were wide-ranging and capricious.
abut
The prison was built into a great granite mountain that abutted the western edge of the capital.
internecine
“Mater Andricar mentioned it. Of all the people you could choose from, Empress, why the Kegari? All we know about them is that they enjoy internecine massacres and stealing their neighbors’ grain.”

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