title: Shayan's Tale
author:  Sophie Kittredge 
description: Sophie was inspired to write and illustrate Shayan's Tale by her beloved dog Joe, an abused dog she rescued from a New York-area shelter after the 9/11 terror attacks. Sophie also drew on her own globe-trotting childhood traveling the world with her family and dogs as a US Foreign Service dependent. After growing up in half a dozen countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Sophie graduated from art school in northwest London with a degree in illustration. After working as a children's book illustrator in England, she moved to New York city, where she split her time between illustration and painting for animation studios. Sophie now lives in the South Carolina Lowcountry with her husband, two dogs and a cat.
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  **Dedication**
  
   _For Nat Sobel_
  
  Epigraph
  
  > A treacherous smiler
  
  > With teeth white as milk,
  
  > A savage beguiler
  
  > In sheathings of silk,
  
  > > The sea creeps to pillage,
  
  > She leaps on her prey;
  
  > A child of the village
  
  > Was murdered today.
  
  > > —Elinor Wylie, “Sea Lullaby”
  
   **Contents**
  
    1.  _Cover_
    2. [ _Title Page_](title_page.xhtml#title-page)
    3.  _Dedication_
    4.  _Epigraph_
    5. Part 1: Grey Lady
      1. Chapter 1
      2. Chapter 2
      3. Chapter 3
      4. Chapter 4
      5. Chapter 5
      6. Chapter 6
      7. Chapter 7
      8. Chapter 8
      9. Chapter 9
      10. Chapter 10
      11. Chapter 11
      12. Chapter 12
      13. Chapter 13
      14. Chapter 14
      15. Chapter 15
      16. Chapter 16
      17. Chapter 17
      18. Chapter 18
      19. Chapter 19
      20. Chapter 20
      21. Chapter 21
  
    6. Part 2: Black Water
      1. Chapter 22
      2. Chapter 23
      3. Chapter 24
      4. Chapter 25
      5. Chapter 26
      6. Chapter 27
      7. Chapter 28
      8. Chapter 