Raymond Feist - Shards of a Broken Crown

Book Four of The Serpentwar Saga

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First published in Great Britain by Voyager 1998

Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1998

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To Jon and Anita Everson, who were with me from the start

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Map of Midkemia

Character List

Book Four: The Brother’s Tale

Prologue

Chapter One: Winter

Chapter Two: Wilderness

Chapter Three: Confrontations

Chapter Four: Underground

Chapter Five: Confrontations

Chapter Six: Choices

Chapter Seven: Opportunity

Chapter Eight: Preparations

Chapter Nine: Negotiations

Chapter Ten: Investments

Chapter Eleven: Disposition

Chapter Twelve: Gamble

Chapter Thirteen: Calamity

Chapter Fourteen: Consequences

Chapter Fifteen: Betrayal

Chapter Sixteen: Deception

Chapter Seventeen: Assaults

Chapter Eighteen: Revelations

Chapter Nineteen: Decisions

Chapter Twenty: Clash

Chapter Twenty-one: Mysteries

Chapter Twenty-two: Realization

Chapter Twenty-three: Decisions

Chapter Twenty-four: Attacks

Chapter Twenty-five: Confrontation

Chapter Twenty-six: Discovery

Chapter Twenty-seven: Intervention

Chapter Twenty-eight: Division

Epilogue

Keep Reading

Contine the Adventure …

Acknowledgments

About the Author

By The Same Author

About the Publisher

ACAILA– leader of the eldar, in the Elf Queen’s court

ADELIN– elf in Elvandar

AGLARANNA– Elf Queen in Elvandar, wife of Tomas, mother of Calin and Calis

AKEE– Hidati hillman

AKIER– Lieutenant on Royal Bulldog

ALETA– young disciple in Temple of Acrh-Indar

ASHAM IBIN AL-TUK– Keshian General

AVERY, RUPERT “ROO”– merchant of Krondor

AVERY, KARLI– wife of Roo

BOYSE– Captain of Duko’s forces

BRIAN– Duke of Silden

CALHERN, THOMAS– acting Lieutenant of Palace Guard

CALIN– elf heir to the throne of Elvandar, half-brother to Calis, son of Aglaranna and King Aidan

CALIS– “The Eagle of Krondor,” special agent of the Prince of Krondor, Duke of the Court, son of Aglaranna and Tomas, half brother to Calin

CHALMES– ruling magician at Stardock

CHAPAC– twin brother of Tilac, son of Ellia

D’LYES, ROBERT– magician from Stardock

DE SAVON, LUIS– former soldier, assistant to Roo

DELWIN– constable in Krondor

DESGARDEN– swordsman in Krondor

DOKINS, KIRBY– snitch in Krondor

DOMINIC– Abbot of Ishapian Abbey at Sarth

DUGA– mercenary captain from Novindus

DUKO– General in the Emerald Queen’s Army

DUVAL, MARCEL– squire from Bas-Tyra

ELLIA– elf in Elvandar, mother of Chapac and Tilac

ENARES, MALAR– servant discovered in wilderness

ERLAND– brother to the King and uncle to Prince Patrick

FADAWAH– former general commanding the Emerald Queen’s Army, self-styled “King of the Bitter Sea”

FRANCINE “FRANCIE”– daughter of the Duke of Silden

GREYLOCK, OWEN– Knight-Marshal of the Prince’s Army

HAMMOND– Lieutenant in King’s Army

HERBERT OF RUTHERWOOD– scribe in Port Vykor

JACOBY, HELEN– widow of Randolph Jacoby, mother of Natally and Willem

JALLOM– Captain of Duko’s army

JAMESON, JAMES “JIMMY”– elder son of Arutha, grandson of James

JAMESON, DASHEL “DASH”– younger son of Arutha, grandson of James

KAHIL– Fadawah’s intelligence chief

KALEID– ruling magician at Stardock

LELAND– son of Richard of Mukerlic

LIVIA– daughter of Lord Vasarius

MACKEY– Sergeant of Palace Guard

MATAK– old soldier in Duko’s command

MILO– owner of the Inn of the Pintail in Ravensburg, father of Rosalyn

MIRANDA– magician and ally of Calis and Pug

NAKOR THE ISALANI– gambler, magic-user, friend of Pug

NARDINI– Captain of captured Quegan ship

NORDAN– General in Fadawah’s army

PAHAMAN– Ranger of Natal in Elvandar

PATRICK– Prince of Krondor, son of Prince Erland, nephew to the King and Prince Nicholas

PICKNEY– clerk at Krondor

PUG– magician, Duke of Stardock, cousin to the King, grandfather to Arutha, great-grandfather to Jimmy and Dash

REESE– thief in Krondor

RICHARD– Earl of Mukerlic

RIGGERS, LYSLE– the Upright Man, leader of the Mockers

ROSALYN– Milo’s daughter, wife of Rudolph, mother of Gerd

RUDOLPH– baker in Ravensburg, husband of Rosalyn, stepfather to Gerd

RUNCOR– Captain of Duko’s army

RYANA– dragon shape-changer, friend of Tomas and Pug

SHATI, JADOW– Lieutenant in Erik’s company

SHO PI– former companion of Erik and Roo, student of Nakor

SONGTI– Captain of Duko’s army

STYLES– Captain of Royal Bulldog

SUBAI– captain of the Royal Krondorian Pathfinders

TALWIN– spy for Arutha

TILAC– twin brother of Chapac, son of Ellia

TINKER, GUSTAF– prisoner with Dash, later Constable

TOMAS– Warleader of Elvandar, husband of Aglaranna, father of Calis, inheritor of the powers of Ashen-Shugar