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Spine Summer Continues: Chapter Five — HIEROPHANT with BONUS DELETED SCENE

Lacey Gilleran
Jul 11, 2025
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Every myth needs its interpreter.
And every society needs someone to pretend they understand the divine.

In Hierophant, the longest and most brutal chapter of The Spine of Night, we descend into collapsing hierarchies, doomed cities, and the final reckoning between power and the inevitable.

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