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51 pages 1 hour read

Maaza Mengiste

The Shadow King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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Book 3, Chapter 61-EpilogueChapter Summaries & Analyses

Book 3: “Returns”

Book 3, Chapter 61 Summary

Hirut and Minim encourage the troops as the embodiment of the Emperor and Mother Ethiopia. The women fight for the first time. In battle, Hirut becomes separated from Aklilu. Kidane finds her and tells her to leave as she may be pregnant with his child. Instead, she dares soldiers to shoot her.

Ettore and Mario endure wave after wave of Ethiopians. When Hirut appears, looking shellshocked, Ettore urges her to flee, but Fucelli captures her.

Book 3, Chapter 62 Summary: “Chorus”

The Chorus sings of Aster and Hirut and all the women warriors before and after.

Book 3, Chapter 63 Summary

Ibrahim asks Hirut the location of Kidane’s camp. When she refuses, they bind her and march her to the prison, where she sees that Aster has been captured and stripped.

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