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SPIRIT OF THE STONE - SHADOWLEAGUE 2 - MAGGIE FUREY




SPIRIT OF THE STONE

On the world of Myrial, the mysterious Curtain Walls have begun to fall and
the realms and races that have been carefully separated from the beginning
of time are now confronting each other, with terrible consequences. Hideous
winged creatures have attacked the city of Tiarond, turning its streets and
public squares into a killing ground. As bewildered groups of survivors flee
the city in all directions, others make the treacherous journey to the sacred
Temple, where the ancient power that can save the world lies hidden.
Meanwhile, two women warriors and a brazen firedrake journey to the realm
of the Shadowleague, taking with them a Dragon SeerтАЩs telepathic
knowledge that might be used to repair the Curtain Walls. Yet not even that
will be enough.

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For before the Shadowleague can act to save a rapidly unraveling reality, it
must decide if it will trust a ruthless exile with a bloody past who can bring
order to MyrialтАФor hasten its harrowing descent into annihilation.




PERILOUS SIEGE

Having gradually worked her way from the bottom to the top of the house,
the silent thief emerged from a doorway in the upper story and slipped down
the hall. She had thoroughly searched the very last bedroom and could put
off the journey through the dark streets no longer.
The snick of the backdoor latch sounded unbelievably loud in the still night
air. Aliana froze in the doorway, then opened the door just a chink: enough
to check her surroundings. Seeing nothing to alarm her, she slid through the
narrow opening, moving with care, sticking to the wall of the house until she
had gained the shelter of the alley dividing the high walls of the mansion
from those of the next.
All too soon the passage opened out into the wide spaces of the Esplanade.
Normally the square was illuminated. Tonight, however, there was no one to
kindle the lamps, and beneath clouded skies the open spaces were almost as
dark as the alley.
Aliana summoned all her courage, hoisted the heavy backpack containing
her spoils higher on her shoulders, took a deep breath, and ran. She had gone
only a few steps when she sensed rather than saw the first shadow move
across the sky. Then the rooftops of the surrounding houses seemed to come