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Sword-MakerSword Maker
Book 3 of the Sword Dancer series
By Jennifer Roberson




Sword Maker
Table of Contents
Prologue

Part I: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten,
Eleven,
Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen

Part II: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten,
Eleven

Part III: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten,
Eleven,
Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen




Prologue
She is not a woman for idle conversation, having little patience for
small talk,
and even less for excuses and explanations. Including those dealing
with life
and death; mine, or her own. And yet I resorted to both: excuses,
explanations.
Somehow, I had to.
"It wasn't my fault," I declared. "It wasn't. Did I have any choice?
Did you
leave me any choice?" I snorted in derision. "No, of course not--not
you... you
leave no choice or chance to anyone, least of all me... you just stare
me down
across the circle and dare me to take you, to cut you, to chop you down
with my
blade, because it's the only thing that will make you admit you're just
as human
as anyone else, and just as vulnerable. Just as fragile as anyone, man
or woman,
made of flesh and blood... and you bleed, Del... just like anyone else-
-just
like me--you bleed."
She said nothing. Fair hair shone white in firelight, but blue eyes
were nothing