Shadow of a Dark Queen

Shadow of a Dark Queen
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The first book in the bestselling Serpentwar series.A nest of vipers is stirring. . .Ancient powers are readying themselves for a devastating confrontation. A dark queen has raised her standard and is gathering armies of unmatched might.Into this battleground of good and evil a band of desperate men are forced, whose only hope for survival is to face this ancient power and discover its true nature.Among them are some unlikely heroes – Erik, a bastard heir denied his birth right, and his friend Roo, an irrepressible scoundrel with a penchant for thievery. They are accompanied by the mysterious Miranda, upon whom all must wager their lives.

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RAYMOND E. FEIST

Shadow of A Dark Queen

Book One of The Serpentwar Saga


Voyager

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www.harpervoyagerbooks.co.uk

First published in Great Britain by Voyager 1997

Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1997

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Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN 9780007385379 Version: 2018-08-13

For Jonathan Matson:

more than my agent, a good friend

Aglaranna – Elf Queen in Elvandar

Alika – ‘demon’ cook at Sorcerer’s Isle

Althal – elf in Elvandar

Avery, Rupert ‘Roo’ – boy from Ravensburg, companion of Erik von Darkmoor; later prisoner; later member of Calis’s company

Biggo – prisoner; later member of Erik’s company

Calis – half elf, half human son of Aglaranna and Tomas; known as ‘The Eagle of Krondor’; leader of a military company

Culli – murdering mercenary

Dawar – mercenary in Nahoot’s company

de Loungville, Robert ‘Bobby’ – sergeant in Calis’s company

de Savona, Luis – prisoner; later member of Calis’s company

Durany – mercenary in Calis’s company

Ellia – elven woman saved by Miranda

Embrisa – girl from Village Weanat

Esterbrook, Jacob – merchant in Krondor

Fadawah, General – Supreme Commander of the Armies of the Emerald Queen

Finia – woman at Village Weanat

Foster, Charlie – guard corporal in Calis’s company

Freida – Erik’s mother

Galain – elf in Elvandar

Gapi – general in Emerald Queen’s army

Gert – old crone/charcoal burner met by Erik and Roo

Goodwin, Billy – prisoner; later member of Calis’s company

Greylock, Owen – Swordmaster of Baron of Darkmoor; later member of Calis’s company

Grindle, Helmut – merchant

Handy, Jerome – member of Calis’s company

Jarwa – Sha-shahan of the Seven Nations of the Saaur

Jatuk – son of Jarwa, heir and later Sha-shahan of the surviving Saaur

Kaba – Shieldbearer to Jarwa

Kelka – corporal in Nahoot’s company

Khali-shi – Novindus name for Death Goddess

Lalial – elf in Elvandar

Lender, Sebastian – Litigator and Solicitor at Barret’s Coffee House in Krondor

Lims-Kragma – Death Goddess

Macros the Black – legendary sorcerer; considered the greatest practitioner of magic ever known

Marsten – sailor on Trenchard’s Revenge

Mathilda – Baroness of Darkmoor

Milo – Innkeeper at Inn of the Pintail in Ravensburg

Miranda – mysterious friend to Calis

Monis – Jarwa’s Shieldbearer

Mugaar – horse trader in Novindus

Murtag – Saaur warrior

Nakor the Isalani – strange companion of Calis

Nathan – new smith at Inn of the Pintail in Ravensburg

Notombi – former Keshian Legionary, then prisoner; later member of Calis’s company

Pug – also known as Milamber; magician of great power; considered second only to Macros the Black in knowledge

Rian – one of Zila’s mercenaries

Rosalyn – Milo’s daughter

Ruthia – Goddess of Luck

Shati, Jadow – member of Calis’s company

Shila – Saaur home world

Sho Pi – Isalani, former Monk of Dala; later prisoner; later member of Calis’s company

Taber – tavern keeper in LaMut

Tarmil – villager at Weanat

Tomas – consort of Aglaranna, father of Calis; wearer of the Armor of Ashen-Shugar, last of the Dragon Lords

Tyndal – smith at Inn of the Pintail in Ravensburg



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