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The Pomegranate Gate havdalah The language of stone isThe first adventure in the Mirror Realm Cycle, a Spanish Inquisition era fantasy trilogy inspired by Jewish folklore, with echoes of Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden. Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; sleep, but not dream. She can write with both hands at once, in different languages, but she keeps her talents hidden at her grandparents behest. Naftaly Cresques sees things that arent real, and dreams things that are. Always the family