The Spirit Stone: Book Two of The Silver Wyrm

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Astra Publishing House, May 6, 2008 - Fiction - 528 pages
"A dagger laid against our throat."

Such is the description Prince Dar of the Weslands uses for Zakh Gral, a new fortress built by the Horsekin, the ancient enemies of his people.

To help him destroy this threat, the elven prince has called upon his allies: the dwarven folk of the northern mountains and the human men of Deverry to the east. Their leaders know that if the Westlands fall to the Horsekin, their own throats will feel that dagger next. Joining them are two powerful dragons, who have their own bitter reasons to hate the Horsekin.

But the fanatical Horsekin believe they have the most powerful ally of all, a new goddess. Alshandra's priestesses have announced that She has given the Horsekin the lands belonging to the prince--and that his people must be utterly destroyed....
 

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
3
Section 3
17
Section 4
23
Section 5
25
Section 6
43
Section 7
45
Section 8
74
Section 12
249
Section 13
279
Section 14
412
Section 15
423
Section 16
440
Section 17
448
Section 18
454
Section 19
472

Section 9
155
Section 10
161
Section 11
219
Section 20
504
Section 21
505
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About the author (2008)

Katharine Kerr first became involved in the field of fantasy through role-playing games, becoming so intrigued that she began writing articles for gaming magazines, and for some time was a contributing editor to Dragon magazine. This interest soon led her into the field of fantasy writing, with her first Deverry novel, Daggerspell, appearing in 1986. Since then, she has written fourteen more Deverry novels, of which The Silver Mage is the latest, as well as other fantasy and science fiction novels. Her Deverry novels have hit the London Times and the Australian bestseller lists.

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