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CASTLE OF DECEPTION

This is a work of ficdon. All the characters and events
portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to
real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright┬о 1992,byMercedes Lackey and JosephaShennan

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book
or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

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ISBN: 0-671-72125-9

Cover art by Larry Elmore

First Printing, July 1992

Printed in the United States of America

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Chapter I

'Roong./

The lute string snapped, whipping across Kevin's
hand. He yelped, just barely managing not to drop the
lute. Instead, he placed the instrument gendy down on
his cot, then brought his stinging hand to his mouth.
Blast it all, that had Aurt! Of course it had. He knew bet-
ter by now than to try tightening a string too far. After
all, he'd been a bardling, an apprentice Bard, for what
seemed like all his nearly sixteen years.

The welt finally stopped smarting. Kevin got to his
feet with an impatient sigh. He didn't really mind prac-