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THE MERCHANT OF DEATH

PENDRAGON QUARTET 01



I took a chance and stepped away from the door andЕnothing happened. At least, nothing happened with the door. The tunnel was another thing altogether.

It started as a hum. It was low at first, but the frequency started to grow. Then the walls started to change. They went from solid gray to clear! It was truly an amazing sight. So amazing that I didnТt stop to wonder what it all meant. ThatТs when I heard the music. It wasnТt a recognizable tune or anything, it was just a bunch of soft, sweet notes that were all jumbled up. It was almost hypnotic.

The thing that brought me back to myself was a strange sensation. I stood at the mouth of the tunnel and felt a tingling throughout my body. It wasnТt horrible, just strange. The tingling grew stronger, and I felt an odd but unmistakable tug. I didnТt realize it at first, but it soon dawned on me that I was being pulled into the tunnel!

This is the point. This is where my life changed. What happened next turned everything I had ever known, everything I had ever believed in, everything I had ever thought to be real, totally inside out.

I got sucked into the rabbit hole. And I was headed for Wonderland.






For Evander



This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the authorТs imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright й 2002 by D. J. MacHale

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Library of Congress Control Number 2002101645

ISBN 0-7434-7015-X

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