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It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. NOTE: The digital edition of this book includes a PDF, and two EPUB versions (Fixed and Reflowable) Instead, after a climate disaster alters the course of history around the world, advanced civilizations develop over centuries, fueled by Indigenous knowledge, culture and determination and powered by the mysterious Adanadi that arrived in the wake of the disaster. Hemlock & Sage is the first novel set in the world of Coyote & Crow, an alternate history science fantasy where colonization of the Americas never happened. And when a strange, passionate young woman shows up with stories of a dark cult and asking for help, there's nothing that can stop it from bursting into flames.

When the ceremony does not go as planned for either of them, their worlds begin to spark and smoke. Tusika's family has power and a long line of Abilities-and the expectations that come with that. Niya comes from a modest background and her family has never received special Abilities from the Adanadi. Best friends with a bond that goes beyond sisterhood, the two young women have chosen to undergo the ceremony together.īut each of them brings with them their own secrets and burdens. But Niya and Tusika are not your average citizens of Cahokia. For most, it is a ceremony focused on that single individual, surrounded by family and loved ones. It binds the recipient to their chosen Path animal and, in some cases, bestows upon them a supernatural gift. In Makasing, the Adanadi ceremony is a nearly universal rite of passage into adulthood.

Hemlock and Sage by Tali Inlow