Heir to the Raven (The Pierced Veil, #1)

by J. Wesley Bush

  Conciliator Idriz Ingram: Minister of Diplomacy

  Marshal Rennick Jasper: Minister of War

  Magus Tancred of Sigga: Royal Pactmaker

  Imperial Family

  Emperor Orrick Baldricson: Founder of the Oberyn Empire (deceased)

  Emperor Dorian Baldricson: Ruler of the Oberyn Empire

  Princess Clarice Baldricson: Sister to Dorian

  Other Characters

  Larissa of Far Ingarsby: A young, Jandari pactmaker

  Brother Addison of Eastmark: A knight of the Order

  Mirko Bowback: A Belgorshan peasant

  Saafi Daw: Battlemate to Helaena Harlowe

  Canoness Judit Panshaw: Leader of the Bowmaid Sorority

  Captain Timotei: Owner of the Mudskipper

  Targe: A dweorg engineer and warrior

  Acknowledgements

  This book exists thanks to the lively imaginations of my eldest boys, Johnny, Tennyson, Reagan, and Calvin, who helped me dream Jandaria and the storyline into existence. They are young men now, and this book is a monument to that period of our lives together. (This book is also part of their college fund, so thanks go to my readers for buying it!)

  Thanks also go to my amazing launch team, too numerous to list in full. You all are the best.

  I also appreciate my fantastic Beta readers, who helped sharpen the story in countless ways: David Needham, Hank Ivy, Rob Hirschfeld, Rebecca Wiltberger, Patrick Meehan, Jennifer Cloonan, Ray Dunsworth, Katya Thomas, James Poteet, Marco Moor, and Bryce Jahner.

  About the Author

  J. Wesley is a lifelong geek with an abiding love of fantasy and sci-fi.

  Life has taken him in some weird and wonderful directions, and these experiences shape his fiction: he’s previously served as a U.S. Foreign Service diplomat, airborne infantryman, military crypto-linguist, NGO worker, history adjunct, and tow-truck driver in the desert.

  J. Wesley speaks Russian and Swahili, and is presently learning Albanian in preparation for a move to Kosovo. He lives in Washington, DC and has worked abroad in Kenya, Ukraine, and The Bahamas.

  He has an amazing wife, five sons, and (finally!) a daughter.

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