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My special thanks go to:

John Boothe of Grafton Books for his support of and enthusiasm for this

entire project.

Judith Tarr for sage advice and encouragement at the line of battle. Eva, Jean, Linda, and Elaine of
Future Fantasy Books in Palo Alto,

California, for backing my books early on and for running a splendid

bookshop. And as always, my husband, Howard Kerr, for everything.
 A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words


The language spoken in Deverry is a member of the P-Celtic family. Although closely related to
Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, it is by no means identical to any of these actual languages and should never
be taken as such.

Vowels are divided by Deverry scribes into two classes: noble and common. Nobles have two
pronunciations; commons, one.

A as in father when long; a shorter version of the same sound, as in far, when short.

0 as in bone when long; as in pot when short.

W as the oo in spook when long; as in roof when short.

Y as the i in machine when long; as the e in butter when short.

E as in pen.

1 as in pin.

U as in pun.

Vowels are generally long in stressed syllables; short in unstressed. Y is the primary exception to this
rule. When it appears as the last letter of a word, it is always long whether that syllable is stressed or not.

Diphthongs generally have one consistent pronunciation:

AE as the a in mane.

AI as in aisle.

AU as the ow in how.

EO as a combination of eh and oh.

EW as in Welsh, a combination of eh and oo.