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CHAPTER NINE: Decisions 163

CHAPTER TEN: Revelation 179

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Stealth 195

CHAPTER TWELVE: Improvisation 211

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Concealment 229

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Murders 252.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Desperation 275

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Discovery 292

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Misdirection 305

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Unmasking 322

EPILOGUE: Encounters 341

Prologue

Departures

Lines of soldiers marched along the ridge. The baggage train had been
broken into two segments, the first of which was now departing with the
wounded and the dead who would be cremated with honors back in Krondor.
Clouds of dust rose from the trail as wheels rolled and boots tramped
toward home, the fine powder mixing with the acrid smoke from campfires
as they were extinguished. The rising sun streamed through the haze,
orange and pale gold, lances of color in an otherwise gray morning. In
the distance birds sang, ignoring the aftermath of battle.

Arutha, Prince of Krondor and ruler of the Western Realm of the Kingdom
of the Isles, sat on his horse, taking a moment to enjoy the majesty of
the sunrise and the serenade of the birds as he watched his men heading
home. The fighting had been blessedly short but bloody, and while
casualties were lighter than anticipated, he still hated to lose even
one solider under his command. He let the beauty of the vista before him
soothe his frustration and regret for a few moments.

Arutha still resembled the youthful man who had come to the throne of
Krondor ten years before, though lines around his eyes and a small
scattering of gray through his otherwise black I hair revealed the toll
rulership had taken on him. For those who knew him well, he was still
much the same man, a competent administrator, military genius, and
fiercely duty-bound man who would surrender his own life without