The Iron Knight
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My name—my True Name— is Ashallayn’darkmyr Tallyn. I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court. And I am dead to her. My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl. . .To cold faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought. Then Meghan Chase—a half human, half fey slip of a girl— smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life.Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive. With the unwelcome company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end—a quest to find a way to honor his vow to stand by Meghan’s side.To survive in the Iron Realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. And along the way Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.‘Katniss Everdeen better watch out.’– Huffington Post onT he Immortal Rules'Julie Kagawa is one killer storyteller.’—MTV.
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Julie Kagawa. The Iron Knight
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER ONE. THE HOUSE OF THE BONE WITCH
CHAPTER TWO. OLD NIGHTMARES
CHAPTER THREE. ARIELLA TULARYN
CHAPTER FOUR. THE HUNTED
CHAPTER FIVE. THE HOLLOW
CHAPTER SIX. THE SEER
CHAPTER SEVEN. THE RIVER OF DREAMS
CHAPTER EIGHT. THE HOBYAHS
CHAPTER NINE. IN DREAMS
CHAPTER TEN. THE FORGOTTEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE FERRY
CHAPTER TWELVE. THROUGH THE BRIARS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. THE GAUNTLET
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. REFLECTION
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE TESTING GROUNDS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE FIRST TEST
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE SECOND TRIAL
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. VOICES OF THE PAST
CHAPTER NINETEEN. HUMAN
CHAPTER TWENTY. THE MARCH OF TIME
EPILOGUE THE IRON QUEEN
SURVIVAL GUIDE TO THE NEVERNEVER. DISCLAIMER
Q&A WITH JULIE KAGAWA, PLUS A FEW UNEXPECTED GUESTS
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
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I’d expected to die that day. I was ready. Being ordered by my True Name to walk away, leaving Meghan to die alone in the Iron Kingdom, nearly shattered me a second time. If it wasn’t for my oath to be with her again, I might’ve done something suicidal, like challenge Oberon to a battle before the entire Summer Court. But now that I’ve made my promise, there is no turning back. Abandoning my vow will unravel me, bit by bit, until there is nothing left. Even if I wasn’t determined to find a way to survive in the Iron Realm, I’d have no choice but to continue.
I will be with her again, or I will die. There aren’t any other options.
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“Prince … Ash?” He blinked several times, as if doubting his own eyes. “What … what are you doing here?”
“I could ask you the same.” I didn’t approach the fallen warrior, standing several feet away with my sword at my side. “It’s forbidden for your kind to be here. Why aren’t you in the Iron Realm protecting the queen?”
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