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MARGARET WEIS
TOR┬о
A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK NEW YORK




This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events
portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
THE DRAGON'S SON Copyright ┬й 2004 by Margaret Weis
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book,
or portions thereof, in any form.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
www.tor.com
Tor* is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates,
LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weis, Margaret.
The dragon's son / Margaret Weis.тАФ1st ed.
p. cm.тАФ(The second book of the Dragonvarld trilogy) ISBN
0-765-30469-4 BAN 978-0765-30469-8
1. TwinsтАФFiction. 2. DragonsтАФFiction. 3. BrothersтАФFiction.
4. Women priestsтАФFiction. I. Title
PS3573.E3978D76 2004
813'.54тАФdc22 2003071150
 First edition: July 2004
Printed in the United States of America
0987654321


To Bayne and Bette Perrin, with a daughter's love and respect




PROLOGUE
MELISANDE CLOSED HER EYES. SHE DREW IN A
LABORED breath, breathed it out in a sigh. The twisted grimace
of pain relaxed, smoothed. Her head lolled on the pillow. Her
eyes opened, stared at Bel-lona, but they did not see her. Their
gaze was fixed and empty.