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The Druid Queen
Book 3 of the Druidhome Trilogy
A Forgotten Realms novel
By Douglas Niles
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Release Date: July, 17 th, 2005
Slowly, deliberately, the great troll took the axe in his right hand. Still squatting, he placed his left wrist on
the ground and stretched his five long fingers before him. With a cruel grimaceтАФor perhaps it was a
bizarre smile of wicked ecstasyтАФhe brought the blade down sharply, hissing at the pain that lanced through
his hand and arm. Green blood spurted from five wounds, while the severed digits twitched mindlessly on
the ground.
His face still locked in that twisted grin, Baatlrap awkwardly transferred the axe to his mutilated hand.
Already fingers had begun to sprout from the bloody stumps, while the pieces on the ground continued to
twitch and writhe. Sharply chopping, Baatlrap repeated the gesture with his right hand, only then dropping
the axe and settling back to nurse the pain in his two mangled limbs. For more than an hour he sat thus,
while his own pain abated and ten pieces of his flesh danced at his feet.
Finally he rose, hoisting the axe with hands once more whole. His steps, when he started walking, led
him back toward the camp, where he planned to return the axe to Garisa and get some sleep himself.
Behind him, moving soundlessly through the shadowy wood and following their new master to his
destination, came a file of ten young, wiry trolls....
The Druid Queen
Douglas Niles
The Druidhome Trilogy:
Book Three
THE DRUID QUEEN

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