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by A. J. Smith


  Fjorlan

  Tiergarten – the ancient city of Summer Wolf

  Halla Summer Wolf Alephsdottir – the Daughter of the Wolf

  Old Father Brindon Crowe – priest of the Order of the Hammer

  Tricken Ice Fang – chain-master

  Earem Spider Killer – axe-master

  Colm Tide Bound – survivor of the dragon fleet

  Lars Bull – survivor of the dragon fleet

  Greta Cloud Seer – axe-maiden of Tiergarten.

  Arnulph Grief – old man of Tiergarten

  Fredericksand – where sits the high thain

  Alahan Teardrop Algeson – heir to the high thain’s hall

  Wulfrick the Enraged – axe-master

  Ingrid Teardrop – the Little Wolf of Fredericksand

  Rudolf Ten Bears – survivor of the dragon fleet

  Wilhelm Speaks in Silence – priest of the Order of the Hammer

  HAMMERFALL – HOME OF THE WOLF WOOD AND THE CLOUD-MEN

  Rexel Falling Cloud – survivor of the dragon fleet

  Anya Cold Bane (Lullaby) – wise woman

  Moniac Dawn Cloud – axe-master

  JARVIK – FORMERLY THE HOME OF THE GREEN-EYED LORDS, NOW THE HOME OF URSA

  Rulag Ursa Bear Tamer – thain of Jarvik

  Thran Blood Fist – battle brother of Jarvik

  Beirand Rock Heart – battle brother of Jarvik

  Harrod – priest of the Order of the Hammer

  The Low Kast

  Rorg the Defiler – berserker chieftain

  Timon the Butcher – berserker of Varorg

  Unrahgahr – Exemplar of Varorg

  The Freelands

  Wraith Company

  Freya Cold Eyes – wise woman

  Micah Stone Dog – warrior of Wraith

  Ranen Gar

  Fynius Black Claw – captain of Twilight Company and exemplar of Brytag

  Vincent Hundred Howl – warrior of Twilight Company

  THE PEOPLE OF KARESIA – MEN OF THE SUN

  The Seven Sisters – enchantresses, formerly of Jaa, now of Shub-Nillurath

  Saara the Mistress of Pain

  Isabel the Seductress

  THE FAITHFUL OF JAA – WIND CLAWS AND VIZIERS

  Voon of Rikara – high vizier of Karesia, exemplar of Jaa

  Kal Varaz – wind claw

  Kadri Ramazon – wind claw

  Dalian Thief Taker – greatest of the wind claws

  Hounds

  Kasimir Roux – whip-master

  Turve Ramhe – whip-master

  Al Hasim

  The godless

  Kirin

  Keisha of Oslan – dark-blood

  Raz Mon Vekerian – captain of the Black Wave

  Jez Ran Rami – first mate of the Black Wave

  Arjav – bowman of the Creeping Downs

  Lylla Vekerian – protector of the Creeping Downs

  Dokkalfar

  Tyr Nanon the Shape Taker – soldier of the Long War

  Tyr Dyus the Daylight Sky – warrior of the Fell

  Vithar Loth the Tree Father – shaman of the Fell

  Tyr Sigurd – warrior of Canarn

  Tyr Kalan – warrior of Canarn

  Vithar Joror the Heart’s Hand – shaman of the Heart

  MYSTERIOUS OTHERS

  Ryuthula

  The Matron Mother

  The Shade of Magnus

  The Shade of Torian

  The Shade of Bromvy

  The Shade of Dalian

  The Breaking Wave

  The Guardian

  Corvus

  Acknowledgements

  Finishing a series is at least four times harder than writing any of its constituent parts. I suddenly had to decide things I’d not yet thought to decide, and to seriously consider that writing by zen is not always the best policy.

  I really hope you all enjoy this. Thank you for so many things.

  Simon Hall, Kathleen Kitsell, Marcus Holland, Benjamin Hesford, Scott Illnicki, Carrie Hall, Martin Cubberley, Tony Carew, Karl Wustrau, Mark Allen, Paolo Trepiccione, Terry and Cathy Smith, Mathilda Imlah, Laura Palmer, Melmo the Sinister Apothecary.

  About A. J. Smith

  A. J. SMITH has been devising the worlds, histories and characters of the Long War chronicles for more than a decade. He was born in Birmingham and works in secondary education.

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  About the Chronicles of The Long War

  In the long ages of deep time, uncountable millennia before the rise of men, there lived a race of Giants.

  Continents shifted and mountains rose and fell as the Giants fought the Long War for the right to possess the lands of their birth. The greatest Giants, mortal beings of huge size and power, lived long enough, fought hard enough and gained enough wisdom to become gods.

  Rowanoco, the Ice Giant, claimed the cold northern lands and was worshipped by the men of Ranen. Jaa, the Fire Giant, ruled the burning desert sands to the south and chose the men of Karesia as his followers. The Stone Giant, known only as the One, held dominion over the lush plains and towering mountains of Tor Funweir, and his followers, the men of Ro, believed they had the right to rule all the lands of men. Other Giants there were also, though their names and their followers are thought lost, and their empires buried, as victims of the Long War.

  The Giants have long since left these lands to the humans, but their followers still worship them, invoke their names daily and aggressively maintain their laws. The Giants themselves sit beyond the perception of humans in their halls beyond the world while their most trusted followers fight the Long War in their stead.

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  First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Head of Zeus Ltd

  Copyright © A.J. Smith, 2016

  The moral right of A.J. Smith to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

  This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN (E) 9781784080891

  ISBN (HB) 9781784080907

  ISBN (XTPB) 9781784080914

  Jacket Design: Nik Keevil

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