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Contents
ОглавлениеTitle Page
Dedication
Map
Prologue
In a place of stone walls, attended by his acolytes
Part 1
Chapter One
A thin crescent of moon lit up the rooftops of…
Chapter Two
It was not more than an hour later when Malden…
Chapter Three
It was a long ride from the Golden Slope to…
Chapter Four
Malden grabbed a sack of coins from the wagon—Doral’s first…
Chapter Five
“Cythera should be here by now,” Sir Croy said, and…
Chapter Six
A flying tankard full of beer nearly struck Croy’s face…
Chapter Seven
“I think … they’re hugging each other,” Malden said. He…
Chapter Eight
Malden scampered up onto the roof of the tavern and…
Chapter Nine
There was no word Malden knew that could get Croy’s…
Chapter Ten
“I returned to the shaft many times, trying to plumb…
Chapter Eleven
“So of course, I told him to jump in the…
Chapter Twelve
Croy and Mörget set about at once outfitting themselves for…
Chapter Thirteen
If Malden wasn’t going on Croy’s grand adventure, he needed…
Chapter Fourteen
The hired paddock filled most of the space between two…
Chapter Fifteen
A drizzling rain rolled down Croy’s best loden cloak the…
Part 2
Interlude
Chapter Sixteen
The band of adventurers passed through King’s Gate without any…
Chapter Seventeen
In the morning Malden woke late, and came out to…
Chapter Eighteen
They covered twenty miles that day, pushing the horses near…
Chapter Nineteen
The following day the sun was warm and rippled along…
Chapter Twenty
“You,” Malden said. “I’ve seen you before. Back up the…
Chapter Twenty-One
The horses screamed as water jumped over the side of…
Chapter Twenty-Two
There was still plenty of daylight left, so the companions…
Chapter Twenty-Three
Croy and Mörget studied a map for a while, then…
Chapter Twenty-Four
“Please,” Herward said, “let me show you what meager hospitality…
Chapter Twenty-Five
Croy followed Cythera as she turned her horse up the…
Part 3
Interlude
Chapter Twenty-Six
The five of them made a simple camp just outside…
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Malden crawled forward on his hands and knees a few…
Chapter Twenty-Eight
The door opened easily on its hinges. It didn’t even…
Chapter Twenty-Nine
When Malden found the trap, he had to smile. It…
Chapter Thirty
Croy called out in shock but Malden was already in…
Chapter Thirty-One
“Then—someone else has been here. And recently,” Cythera said.
Chapter Thirty-Two
The five of them moved cautiously forward toward the center…
Chapter Thirty-Three
It seemed to take hours for the torch to fall…
Chapter Thirty-Four
“Lad, lass, get up,” Slag said, shaking Malden and Cythera…
Chapter Thirty-Five
The barbarian did not panic as the bony fingers dug…
Chapter Thirty-Six
“Do you hear any more of them?” Mörget asked, when…
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Out in the darkness, the revenants began to scream for…
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Malden was halfway down the rope when he looked up…
Chapter Thirty-Nine
They had not had the presence of mind to gather…
Chapter Forty
The marketplace corridor led hundreds of feet back from the…
Chapter Forty-One
Coarse sand crusted Croy’s cheek, digging into his flesh. He…
Chapter Forty-Two
Mörget had both their packs open and the contents spread…
Chapter Forty-Three
Malden climbed into the brazen cage and braced himself by…
Chapter Forty-Four
Slag’s path led them through the largest forge Malden had…
Chapter Forty-Five
Malden dropped the bar instantly. He grabbed up a candle…
Chapter Forty-Six
“What was that sound, just now?” Croy asked.
Chapter Forty-Seven
Croy and Mörget moved forward silently, taking light steps to…
Chapter Forty-Eight
Malden heaved at the iron bar again, and the stone…
Chapter Forty-Nine
“No, damn you,” Slag wheezed. “No! The book was clear.
Chapter Fifty
Croy went first down the secret tunnel, Ghostcutter drawn and…
Chapter Fifty-One
The demon flowed across the floor, the edges of its…
Chapter Fifty-Two
The blue-haired creature walked on its knuckles toward Malden and…
Chapter Fifty-Three
Cythera clutched her hands together, beseeching the dwarf one last…
Chapter Fifty-Four
Malden stepped carefully outside the door, watching the floor carefully…
Chapter Fifty-Five
Croy desperately needed to rest. Yet he would not, not…
Part 4
Interlude
Chapter Fifty-Six
Malden lifted the lantern high and scanned the rest of…
Chapter Fifty-Seven
“There!” one of the dwarves shouted.
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Malden’s head spun. Lights burst in the backs of his…
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Malden howled in anger and horror. He forgot all about…
Chapter Sixty
Outside the throne room, Mörget and Croy hid behind thick…
Chapter Sixty-One
Malden hurried forward through the red-shadowed streets of the dormitory…
Chapter Sixty-Two
The foundry offered a hundred good places to conceal Malden.
Chapter Sixty-Three
A cry went up immediately, and someone shouted “He has…
Chapter Sixty-Four
Croy signaled for Mörget to come forward. It looked like…
Chapter Sixty-Five
“Malden stood here, yes. He must have been under attack…
Chapter Sixty-Six
The female dwarf hurried ahead, while Mörget and Croy took…
Chapter Sixty-Seven
Malden and Cythera each took one of Slag’s arms, but…
Chapter Sixty-Eight
“I’m Balint, by the way,” the female dwarf announced, when…
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Croy barely noticed the brass lift. It was magical in…
Chapter Seventy
The elves took them down a crude flight of stairs…
Part 5
Interlude
Chapter Seventy-One
Once the Hieromagus had withdrawn, the revelers in the great…
Chapter Seventy-Two
The elves led them down the spiral staircase to a…
Chapter Seventy-Three
Eventually the light at the top of the stairs went…
Chapter Seventy-Four
Croy’s blood pounded in his temples. His fingers twitched and…
Chapter Seventy-Five
After Slag was taken away, the night passed without further…
Chapter Seventy-Six
“Good,” the Hieromagus said, sinking back on his couch once…
Chapter Seventy-Seven
Every elf Malden had seen had been beautiful—their graceful, exotic…
Chapter Seventy-Eight
Balint had led them to a great communal kitchen on…
Chapter Seventy-Nine
“Stop, please,” Cythera begged. “I feel I might burst!” She…
Chapter Eighty
“Eight hundred years ago,” Aethil told them, as they trooped…
Chapter Eighty-One
Ghostcutter sliced through the bones of a defleshed arm and…
Chapter Eighty-Two
The elfin children were as beautiful as their parents, and…
Chapter Eighty-Three
Perhaps discomfited by the story she’d told them, Aethil took…
Chapter Eighty-Four
Aethil led them down a long series of curving tunnels…
Chapter Eighty-Five
“Heave!” Balint called. Croy and Mörget hauled on the ropes…
Chapter Eighty-Six
On their way back to Aethil’s chambers, they were stopped…
Chapter Eighty-Seven
When Aethil returned, Slag lay slumped on the divan again,…
Chapter Eighty-Eight
Mörget slammed Dawnbringer against the side of a dwarven tomb.
Chapter Eighty-Nine
For a long while, Croy heard nothing but a voice…
Chapter Ninety
Cythera stretched upward on the balls of her feet to…
Chapter Ninety-One
The elves dragged Malden back to the gaol. It was…
Chapter Ninety-Two
They dragged Malden through their twisting stone tunnels, and brought…
Chapter Ninety-Three
“Not like—not this way—the thief doesn’t—doesn’t die like this! History—so…
Chapter Ninety-Four
Croy’s arms felt like they were being torn from their…
Chapter Ninety-Five
Malden moved slowly, watching always the little knife in Prestwicke’s…
Chapter Ninety-Six
Croy’s breath came in ragged pants. His eyes snapped open,…
Chapter Ninety-Seven
Prestwicke came at him again, and Malden had barely managed…
Chapter Ninety-Eight
When Malden was halfway to Cythera and Slag, the entire…
Chapter Ninety-Nine
“Croy! No!” someone shouted.
Chapter One Hundred
The danger wasn’t over. Behind them the grotto began to…
Epilogue
The water surged furiously, smashing its way back and forth
Honour Among Thieves
Chapter One
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Other Books by David Chandler
Copyright
About the Publisher
