The Blackest Heart
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Crest: the Black Serpent
Colors: black serpent on a yellow field
Serpent Guard. Serpent Throne.
KING TORRENCE RAYBOURNE: King of Wyn Darrè.
QUEEN BIANKA RAYBOURNE: Wed to Torrence. From Morgandy, Wyn Darrè.
KAROWYN RAYBOURNE: 19, Torrence’s daughter.
SER RODERIC RAYBOURNE: Torrence’s brother. Known as Shawcroft.
CASSIETTA RAYBOURNE: Torrence’s sister.
MANCELLOR ALLEN: 22, Knight of the Blue Sword in Aeros Raijael’s army.
BRONWYN ALLEN: Mancellor’s younger sister.
IRONCLOUD: Dwarf from Ankar. Brother of Roguemoore.
SEABASS: Dwarf from Sigard Lake.
TYUS BARRA: Ser Culpa Barra’s younger cousin, mute.
CROMM CRU’X: Oghul pirate.
VAL VALLÈ
VAL-KORIN: Val Vallè ambassador.
SEITA: Val-Korin’s younger daughter.
BREITA: Val-Korin’s older daughter.
VAL-DRAEKIN: boyfriend of Breita.
VAL-SO-VREIGN: bodyguard of Val-Korin.
VAL-GIANNI: Vallè healer (sawbones).
VAL-CE-LAVEROC: gladiator.
VAL-RIEVAUX: gladiator.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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BRIAN LEE DURFEE is an artist and writer who was raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, Monroe, Utah. He has done illustrations for Wizards of the Coast, Middle-Earth Enterprises, Dungeons & Dragons, Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust (Denali National Park), and many more. His art has been featured in Spectrum 3: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art and L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future, Volume IX. He won the Arts for the Parks Grand Canyon Purchase Award and has a painting in the permanent collection of the Grand Canyon Association’s Kolb Studio. Brian has written one epic horror novel along with the fantasy series Five Warrior Angels. He lives near Salt Lake City. You can visit him at brianleedurfee.weebly.com.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Text copyright © 2019 by Brian Lee Durfee. Jacket illustration copyright © 2019 by Richard Anderson. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Saga Press Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. SAGA PRESS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or business@simonandschuster.com. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. Interior design by Michael McCartney. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Names: Durfee, Brian Lee, author. Title: The blackest heart / Brian Lee Durfee. Description: First edition. | New York : Saga, [2018] | Series: The Five Warrior Angels ; 2 | Identifiers: LCCN 2017040215 | ISBN 9781481465250 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481465267 (softcover) | ISBN 9781481465274 (eBook). Subjects: LCSH: Imaginary wars and battles—Fiction. | Imaginary places—Fiction. | Good and evil—Fiction. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction. Classification: LCC PS3604.U7334 B58 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record availabl at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017040215