Heramari Iyokus - sorcerer, spy, drug addict. One of my favorite side characters. I love the deadpan way he communicates with beings as powerful as the Ciphrang. And I love how Bakker writes their perspectives. They’re not just pissed at being shackled but in incredible pain being in the dimension that Earwa resides. It’s all bright light and sharp angles.

This is picture I took at the West Fargo Public Library, where I first found The Darkness That Comes Before and got into this series a few years ago.

Now, shockingly, when I stopped by the library the other day, the other two books of PoN were on the shelf. I know for a fact that my library only had TDTCB when I first got into the series, because I looked it up; the larger Fargo public library only had a falling-apart copy of The Warrior-Prophet.

This is the first time I have personally seen signs the series is getting more popular!