RAYMOND E. FEIST
The Serpentwar Saga
Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rise of a Merchant Prince Rage of a Demon King Shards of a Broken Crown
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Shadow of a Dark Queen First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1994
Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1994
Rise of a Merchant Prince First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995
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Rage of a Demon King First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1997
Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1997
Shards of a Broken Crown First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1998
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RAYMOND E. FEIST
Shadow of A Dark Queen
Book One of The Serpentwar Saga
HarperVoyager
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk
First published in Great Britain by Voyager 1994
Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1994
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, 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 ebooks
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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