They should be on their way, the five of them, as soon as possible. As he hurried down a corridor and climbed the stairs, Pirojil stole a look out of a window over the City of LaMut. Not a bad place as cities go. He’d been in far worse and few better. The sun was getting ready to rise, and the city was coming to life. Then he turned to leave the room, wondering absently how many other things they had got wrong. Not that it mattered. In a few years everything would be forgotten with a new earl in LaMut and Vandros in Yabon.
The one question that nagged at him a bit was how that firedrake, Fantus, had continually managed to get into the Swordmaster’s office. There had to be a secret passage somewhere in this castle that even the housecarl didn’t know of. Still, life was full of unsolved mysteries and as such went, that was a minor one.
Pirojil glanced out of the window at the new day, glad he was alive to enjoy it.
And somewhere, outside, a dog was barking.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to thank Felicia, Judy and Rachel, for the obvious; Eleanor, for the usual; and Ray, for letting me bring some of my own toys for us to play with in his back yard.
Joel Rosenberg
As usual, I’m in debt to the original designers of Midkemia and thank them one more time.
I’d also like to thank everyone who kept me going over the last two years, you know who you are.
And I’d like to thank Joel for cloning three of my favourite characters from his universe and transplanting them into mine. They aren’t exactly the Three Musketeers, but they are three of the most entertaining blackhearts to stick in a story.
Raymond E Feist
About the Authors
RAYMOND E. FEIST’s previous novels include the first two volumes in the Darkwar Saga, Into a Dark Realm and Flight of the Night-hawks, and the first volume in the Legends of the Riftwar series, Honored Enemy (co-written with William R. Forstchen), as well as the Conclave of Shadows: Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, and Exile’s Return; Magician; Silverthorn Faerie Tale; Prince of the Blood; and The King’s Buccaneer; as well as the four books of the New York Times bestselling SerpentWar Saga: Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, and Shards of a Broken Crown; and the three books of his Riftwar Legacy: Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins, and Krondor: Tear of the Gods. Feist lives in Southern California.
JOEL ROSENBERG was born in 1954. The author of two dozen science fiction, fantasy, and mystery novels, he is best known for his Guardians of the Flame fantasy series. Outside of science fiction, Rosenberg is known as a prominent Second Amendment activist and handgun instructor, and the author of a manual for people wanting to get a handgun carry permit in Minnesota, Everything You Need to Know About (Legally) Carrying a Handgun in Minnesota. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Felicia Herman, and his daughters, Judy and Rachel.
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Other Books by Raymond E. Feist
Flight of the Nighthawks
Into a Dark Realm
Exile’s Return
King of Foxes
Talon of the Silver Hawk
Magician
Silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon
Faerie Tale
Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rise of a Merchant Prince
Rage of a Demon King
Shards of a Broken Crown
Krondor: Tear of the Gods
Krondor: The Betrayal
Krondor: The Assassins
With Janny Wurts:
Daughter of Empire
Servant of Empire
Mistress of Empire
With William R. Forstchen:
Honoured Enemy
Other Books by Joel Rosenberg
Guardians of the Flame
The Sleeping Dragon
The Sword and the Chain
The Silver Crown
The Heir Apparent
The Warrior Lives
The Road to Ehvenor
The Road Home
Not Exactly the Three Musketeers
Not Quite Scaramouche
Not Really the Prisoner of Zenda
Keepers of the Hidden
The Fire Duke
The Silver Stone
The Crimson Sky
Thousand Worlds
Ties of Blood and Silver
Emile and the Dutchman
Not for Glory
Hero
D’Shai
D’Shai
Hour of the Octopus
Mordred’s Heirs
Paladins
Knight Moves
Sparky Hemingway
Home Front
Family Matters
Credits
Map by Ralph M. Askren, D.V.M.
Cover design by Ervin Serrano
Cover illustration by Geoff Taylor
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
MURDER IN LAMUT. Copyright © 2002 by Raymond E. Feist and Joel Rosenberg. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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