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24. The Favorite Bodyguard ......................................................................................................... 143

25. Frayed Edges of Empire ......................................................................................................... 152

26. Punishment Duty ................................................................................................................. 159

27. Setting the Pawns ............................................................................................................... 166

28. Coronation ........................................................................................................................ 172

29. Noble Ideals ..................................................................................................................... 178

30. Guiding Loyalties ................................................................................................................ 185

31. Unwritten Rules ................................................................................................................. 191

32. The LeaderтАЩs Brother ............................................................................................................ 196

33. Regenerating Desire ............................................................................................................. 201

34. The Peace Proposal .............................................................................................................. 209

35. The Counselor .................................................................................................................... 214

36. Conquest Before Treaty .......................................................................................................... 221

37. A Warning for Cevlead .......................................................................................................... 226

38. The Council of War .............................................................................................................. 234

39. The Challenge of Good Deeds ................................................................................................... 240

40. Impatient for Battle ............................................................................................................. 247
41. The Last Fine Day ............................................................................................................... 256

Excerpt from The Borderlands of Power ............................................................................................ 263

Appendix A ~ Noble Clans and Houses of Atrophane ............................................................................... 264

Appendix B ~ Rys Society ........................................................................................................... 265

About the Author .................................................................................................................... 266




Prologue

Life stirred in a forgotten bunker. Locked in hibernation seemingly without end, it had taken refuge
in cold stone to escape a freeze beyond the scope of mere winter. After the thaws of five springs