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There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world to shame. Black, silver, gold and moon-opal, night and sea, fire, earth, air and water.

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
Violence
Putting
Elder
Fire
Shame
Unicorn
Water
Sea
Rituals
Black
Moved
Elders
Night
Air
Ritual
Earth
Dance
Silver
World
Gold
Rhythm
Moon
Speed
Opal

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