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Smaller Tarot readings dot the rest of the novel.

As a young child, Lorq receives a reading indicating a death in his family: within a month, his Uncle Morgan is assassinated.

Likewise, Lorq's Aunt Cyana ( Morgan's widow ) has Lorq choose a single Tarot card for insight: it is The Hanged Man, reversed, indicating that Lorq will succeed in his quest, but at a very high price.