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THE
WILDING

C. S. FRIEDMAN




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Copyright ┬й 2004 by C.S. Friedman. All rights reserved.
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THE WILDING
One cannot predict with certainty the future course of any man.

How then can one hope to predict the future course of his empires?


-From the writings of ZATAR THE MAGNIFICENT, first Pri'tiera of the Braxin Holding

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