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The Shadow King

Maaza Mengiste
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51 pages • 1 hour read

Maaza Mengiste

The Shadow King

Maaza Mengiste
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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Prologue-Book 1, Chapter 21

Book 1, Chapter 22-Book 2, Chapter 40

Book 2, Chapter 41-Book 3, Chapter 60

Book 3, Chapter 61-Epilogue

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