by Dave Duncan
“That makes you sound old yourself.” She straightened up, kissing his cheek in passing. “Where’s he now—Dragon?”
“Over at New House, eating the furniture until you return from your outing to unknown parts.”
“And Durendal killed my father?”
“So he says.”
Malinda sighed. “I suppose if anyone could outwit the Royal Guard it would be that one. Well, I’ll think about it.”
She was fairly sure she would agree, though. She could stand anything for two years, even the agony of being separated from Radgar. And she had a score to settle with Sir Durendal.
Note: The ensuing encounter between Queen Malinda and Lord Roland is recounted in the closing pages of The Gilded Chain.
About the Author
DAVE DUNCAN is an award-winning author whose fantasy trilogy, The Seventh Sword, is considered a sword-and-sorcery classic. His numerous novels include The Gilded Chain, Lord of the Fire Lands, and the critically-acclaimed fantasy trilogy The Great Game.
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Tales of The King’s Blades
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“Classy…irresistible…Duncan’s people are marvelously believable, his landscapes deliciously exotic, his swordplay breathtaking.”
Publishers Weekly (* Starred Review *)
“A truly great story…Duncan is a true master of his craft.”
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“A rollicking and clever tale of adventure, loyalty, and derring-do.”
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Kirkus Reviews
Other Eos Books by
Dave Duncan
THE KING’S BLADES
THE GILDED CHAIN
LORD OF THE FIRE LANDS
THE GREAT GAME
PAST IMPERATIVE
PRESENT TENSE
FUTURE INDEFINITE
THE KING’S DAGGERS
SIR STALWART
CROOKED HOUSE
SILVERCLOAK
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
SKY OF SWORDS. Copyright © 2000 by Dave Duncan. 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.
EPub Edition © JUNE 2005 ISBN: 9780061828645
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