title: A Book of Silence
author:  Sara Maitland 
description: "A timely and alluring exploration of the pleasures and powers of silence." -- Tim Parks
zlib_text: SILENCE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SILENCE
  
  Book One of The Queen of the Dead
  
  MICHELLE SAGARA
  
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  Copyright © 2012 by Michelle Sagara.
  
  ISBN: 978-1-101-64245-0
  
  All Rights Reserved.
  
  Jacket art by Cliff Nielsen.
  
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