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The Apprentice Stone (Shadows of Time Book 1)

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by Darrell Newton


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  ultramontano: (Spanish) a person or nation that is on the other side of the Pyrenees Mountains that separate the Spanish kingdoms from the Frankish kingdoms.

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  Occitan: the language spoken by those living in Occitania, which is a Frankish kingdom Italy's Occitan Valleys, Monaco, and Spain's Val d'Aran.

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  nexus: a computer network of the Sittiri or Key’ari, which are in Neubawni and Chanzoe respectively and which can be accessed through an incom or direct terminal interface.

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  recorder: a small, robotic recording device that looks and acts like a beetle while maintaining a remote incom connection to the nexus or person using the recorder.

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  Mohammedan: an archaic term for a follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which has been replaced by the terms Muslim and Islamic.

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  Castigos: a street gang in Toledo.

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  armorer: a person who makes or repairs arms or armor

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  Aragonese: the people or language of Aragon, a medieval kingdom in eastern Spain.

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  muttawa: (Arabic) the government-authorized religious police responsible for the enforcement of sharia law in cities of the Almohad Caliphate.

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  gravitas: an Avar-Tek master-level bio-implant that provides local control over gravity.

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  froneesis: an Avar-Tek specialist-level bio-implant that increases computational speed, memory, and communication speed with a nexus.

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  alcalde: (Spanish) a municipal magistrate who acted as both a judge and mayor in Spanish medieval kingdoms.

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  Miramamolin: a nick-name for Muhammad al-Nasir, the fourth Almohad caliph from who ruled from 1199 until his death in 1213.

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  Almohad Empire or Almohad Caliphate: a Moroccan Berber-Muslim dynasty founded in the 12th century in the Atlas Mountains in 1120.

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  albarrana: (Arabic) a castle tower separate from the castle but joined to it by means of a high bridge.

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  vespers and compline: sunset and bedtime prayers of daily church service of canonical hours.

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  Miramamolin: Muhammad al-Nasir, ruler of the Almohad Empire.

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  impasuko: the temporal rift of all rifts, the final apocalyptic event that the Sittiri fear.

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  Leonese: one from the Leon, a kingdom on the eastern border of Castile.

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  encryption key: a long code usually held within a crystal memory device unlocks a cryptographic lock and allows access to various levels of cybernetic or nexus data and control.

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  Chanzoe: the administrative headquarters of the Key’ari faction.

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  incom: an Avar-Tek implant that allows a form of telepathy.

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  tag: the process of programming and sending a recorder to lock onto and monitor a person or thing for the purposes of observation.

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  Epi: the second major timeline or history of the planet Earth. It is preceded by the Avar timeline and followed by Earth timeline.

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  cor-abat: a full-body, medical treatment that uses Avar-Tek to prolong life reverse the damages of aging. Although it is almost completely effective, repeated use leads to various forms of psychosis.

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  Avarian: of or pertaining to the world of Avar, its inhabitants, its technology, or a group that has roots in Avar, such as the Sittiri or Key’ari.

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  atabals: a kettledrum used by Moors in war.

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  pleb: anyone not an Avarian such as a Sittiri or Key’ari.

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  barutis: an Avar-Tek specialist-level bio-implant that increases strength and stamina; a person who has a barutis bio-implant is known as a “brute.”

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  nanite: a microscopic robotic device that measures in size from 0.1–10 micrometers and is constructed of molecular components on the of nanoscale level.

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  plexus bed: an Avar-Tek device that allows the reliving of other peoples’ memories or full immersion into a computer simulation run at an accelerated rate.

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  uskit'r: (Old Norse) curse meaning “feces.”

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  Al-Andalus: Muslim Spain

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  nexus: the computer networks of the Sittiri or Key’ari, which are in Neubawni and Chanzoe respectively and which can be accessed through an incom or direct terminal interface.

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  Avar and Epi: To alternate histories created by time travel.

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  verisuit-jellaba: a verisuit in the form of a traditional long, loose-fitting outer robe with full sleeves worn in the Maghreb region of North Africa by both sexes.

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  kinesis: an Avar-Tek specialist-level bio-implant that increases speed and agility; a person who has a kinesis bio-implant is known as a “slick.”

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  stun-falcata: a stun-stick in the form of a short, sickle-shaped sword, the favored weapon in the pre-Roman Iberian Peninsula.

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  musa fretr: (old Norse) a curse meaning “mouse fart”

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  cor-abat: a full-body, medical treatment that uses Avar-Tek to prolong life reverse the damages of aging. Although it is almost completely effective, repeated use leads to various forms of psychosis.

  Table of Contents

  Part 1 Kingdom of Castile

  Chapter 1 Francisco

  Chapter 2 Francisco

  Chapter 3 Miyuki

  Chapter 4 Francisco

  Chapter 5 Francisco

  Chapter 6 Miyuki

  Chapter 7 Francisco

  Chapter 8 Miyuki

  Chapter 9 Francisco

  Chapter 10 Francisco

  Chapter 11 Miyuki

  Chapter 12 Francisco

  Chapter 13 Miyuki

  Chapter 14 Francisco

  Chapter 15 Francisco

  Chapter 16 Angelo

  Chapter 17 Ceolwulf

  Chapter 18 Francisco

  Part 2 Almohad Empire Al-Andalus

  Chapter 19 Francisco

  Chapter 20 Francisco

  Chapter 21 Francisco

  Chapter 22 Angelo

  Chapter 23 Francisco

  Chapter 24 Francisco

  Chapter 25 Angelo

  Chapter 26 Ceolwulf

  Chapter 27 Miyuki

  Chapter 28 Miyuki

  Chapter 29 Miyuki

  Chapter 30 Francisco

  Chapter 31 Ceolwulf

  Chapter 32 Miyuki

  Chapter 33 Francisco

  Chapter 34 Angelo

  Part 3 Almohad Empire Al-Maghrib

  Chapter 35 Francisco

  Chapter 36 Ceolwulf

  Chapter 37 Francisco

  Chapter 38 Ceolwulf

  Chapter 39 Francisco

  Chapter 40 Francisco

  Chapter 41 Francisco

  Chapter 42 Angelo

  Chapter 43 Francisco

  Chapter 44 Miyuki

  Chapter 45 Francisco

  Chapter 46 Angelo

  Chapter 47 Miyuki

  Chapter 48 Angelo

  Chapter 49 Francisco

  Chapter 50 Angelo

  Chapter 51 Francisco

  Chapter 52 Miyuki

  Chapter 53 Francisco

  Chapter 54 Miyuki

  Chapter 55 Francisco

  Chapter 56 Miyuki

  Chapter 57 Francisco

  Chapter 58 Miyuki

  Chapter 59 Ceolwulf

  Glossary

  The Eski Poem

  Map

 


 

 


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