Shadow of a Dark Queen

Shadow of a Dark Queen
Raymond E. Feist

The first book in the bestselling Serpentwar series.A nest of vipers is stirring. . .Ancient powers are readying themselves for a devastating confrontation. A dark queen has raised her standard and is gathering armies of unmatched might.Into this battleground of good and evil a band of desperate men are forced, whose only hope for survival is to face this ancient power and discover its true nature.Among them are some unlikely heroes – Erik, a bastard heir denied his birth right, and his friend Roo, an irrepressible scoundrel with a penchant for thievery. They are accompanied by the mysterious Miranda, upon whom all must wager their lives.

RAYMOND E. FEIST

Shadow of A Dark Queen

Book One of The Serpentwar Saga

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First published in Great Britain by Voyager 1997

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Dedication (#ulink_2135592a-8300-5afe-969d-34a7cdfa569a)

For Jonathan Matson:

more than my agent, a good friend

Table of Contents

Cover (#ufcaddfca-0645-5894-90e7-fd14018f6c3c)

Title Page (#uc30cb130-bb57-5a9e-81e2-2869b4a523d9)

Copyright (#u46d6c6d0-e03c-54b8-9c1a-2e71f63e1149)

Dedication (#u8ece26c2-5841-5d3d-93f0-b363bc90a14d)

Cast of Characters (#uccd81add-3601-5f4b-92d9-97e3e27d929b)

Maps (#u16a29f8d-9861-5d4f-9b81-2f4e3a810160)

Book One: Erik’s Tale (#ua6186a32-2315-5a2b-af14-499c445758a9)

Prologue: Deliverance (#ue0f4913f-0d1f-5854-9ec7-58d3d6712221)

Chapter One: Challenge (#u1f114e34-2fc8-5469-a6f8-c3b3b66872b7)

Chapter Two: Deaths (#uba80b260-2d48-5649-b483-4b9d7b75321a)

Chapter Three: Murder (#u6014076c-c367-5db6-8f0e-93c081f13901)

Chapter Four: Fugitives (#ua616c9ad-327f-5765-a61d-2e214b84368d)

Chapter Five: Krondor (#u2a445158-cd0e-5efa-bdbb-e52d6f15827b)

Chapter Six: Discovery (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven: Trial (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight: Choice (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: Breakdown (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Transition (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: Passage (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Arrival (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Search (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Journey (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Village (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Rendezvous (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Discovery (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Escape (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: Discovery (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Passage (#litres_trial_promo)