Daughter of the Empire. Janny Wurts

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       Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain by

      Grafton Books 1987

      Copyright © Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts 1987

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      Source ISBN: 9780586074817

      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780007375646

      Version: 2019-01-15

       Dedication

      This book is dedicated to

      Harold Matson

      with deep appreciation, respect, and affection

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

      Dedication

      Map

Chapter One: Lady

Chapter Two: Evaluations

Chapter Three: Innovations

       Chapter Four: Gambits

       Chapter Five: Bargain

       Chapter Six: Ceremony

       Chapter Seven: Wedding

       Chapter Eight: Heir

       Chapter Nine: Snare

       Chapter Ten: Warlord

       Chapter Eleven: Renewal

       Chapter Twelve: Risks

       Chapter Thirteen: Seduction

       Chapter Fourteen: Acceptance

       Chapter Fifteen: Arrival

       Chapter Sixteen: Funeral

       Chapter Seventeen: Revenge

       Keep Reading

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       By the Same Author

       About the Publisher

       Map

       • Chapter One • Lady

      The priest struck the gong.

      The sound reverberated off the temple’s vaulted domes, splendid with brightly coloured carvings. The solitary note echoed back and forth, diminishing to a remembered tone, a ghost of sound.

      Mara knelt, the cold stones of the temple floor draining the warmth from her. She shivered, though not from chill, then glanced slightly to the left, where another initiate knelt in a pose identical to her own, duplicating Mara’s movements as she lifted СКАЧАТЬ