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Genre: High/Epic Fantasy
Author: Sean Russell
Name: The One Kingdom
Series: Book One of The SwanтАЩs War
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Sean Russell
THE ONE KINGDOM
Book One of The SwanтАЩs War



IN THE MOVING LANDSCAPE ONLY THE MEN WERE STILL. THEY SAT AT the
long table atop Summer's Hill as motionless as stones in a running stream. Around them
the wind was in flight, more joyous than a swallow, as heedless as a child. It swept
down onto the new green oats and raked through the hay, making waves and patterns
like sand on a riverbed. Gusts bent and swayed the trees, pulling away the spring leaves
and spinning them up into the wind-washed sky. But in the center of this the men
remained still. Dease was relieved that he and Samul had prevailed, and the others had
agreed to meet here, where the countryside was visible for almost half a league. He
didn't want to take the least chance that they would be overheardтАФit was enough that
they had to listen to themselves.тАЭ I would say there is not one among the Wills who can
even unhorse him, let alone manage what we need," Samul saidтАФ Samul, who almost
never spoke out in the family assemblies, preferring to seed his ideas in the minds of
others so that he might watch quietly. Samul the cunning, Dease thought of him. Beld
shifted on his bench.тАЭ Toren is so sympathetic to the Wills that I think they should not
even want to cause him a bruise, let alone do him harm." Dease noticed that the others
looked a little uncomfortable whenever Beldor spoke. No matter what their feelings in
this, no one else hated Toren the way that Beld did. Several were Toren's admirers, in
many ways.

"I fear we can't trust to others to do it for us," Samul said softly.тАЭ I think the earlier plan
the best. We let our cousin win the tournament, as he is likely to do anyway, and then
do the deed at night so that it looks like revenge. That would be best. It will see our dear
cousin removed from the succession and place the blame clearly on the Wills."
"It will hardly be clear," Dease said, unwilling to hide his distaste for what they planned,