Shards of a Broken Crown

Shards of a Broken Crown
Raymond E. Feist

The fourth book in the bestselling Serpentwar series.The demon is no more . . .The enemy has been routed, yet peace still eludes the Kingdom. Midkemia lies in smouldering ruins following the Demon King’s siege.And a new threat is arising from the ashes of war: the fearsome Fadawah, former Commanding General of the Army of the Emerald Queen. He has grasped the fallen reins of command and seeks to forge a personal empire out of the wreckage of the Western Realm.And so it falls to two young men – Jimmy and Dash – grandsons of the late Duke James, to gather the shards of the broken crown and resurrect the Kingdom to its former glory.

RAYMOND E. FEIST

Shards of a Broken Crown

Book Four of The Serpentwar Saga

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First published in Great Britain by Voyager 1998

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Dedication (#ulink_8ccc7833-87e1-5b82-9c10-8228a0d5c326)

To Jon and Anita Everson, who were with me from the start

Table of Contents

Cover (#ud5d7f649-95a0-5aab-8a95-75adffd2394f)

Title Page (#ucaf2ee39-950a-5056-8949-5985a413e89b)

Copyright (#u4d4e2873-cb9a-5fb9-af2a-9f995e2a72fe)

Dedication (#uf242488a-9565-505b-ab3b-c82420f732b0)

Map of Midkemia (#ulink_ddd8c0a2-90fb-56f8-9314-b8de962e43cd)

Character List (#uffb542ee-fa66-596c-8ab1-ad5b1ad8582d)

Book Four: The Brother’s Tale (#u92963a30-d7cb-50f8-9e57-376639510e87)

Prologue (#uf411a7b4-d6fb-5d64-99e6-fb5fbfc70d25)

Chapter One: Winter (#ua00c7f1a-adea-527e-bb0f-52f6b8a419b6)

Chapter Two: Wilderness (#uf9010cd9-ab2e-57e1-bce5-33f9f35d96f6)

Chapter Three: Confrontations (#u19cb30ca-3ce9-58cb-a9c7-d86bb7ca5737)

Chapter Four: Underground (#u11a1415e-c163-51db-abda-9a4810975f7e)

Chapter Five: Confrontations (#ua83e6973-d904-5c19-905d-3224466ae38b)

Chapter Six: Choices (#uc111ce06-64e0-54dd-b9ba-6806021632c4)

Chapter Seven: Opportunity (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight: Preparations (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: Negotiations (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Investments (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: Disposition (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Gamble (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Calamity (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Consequences (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Betrayal (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Deception (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Assaults (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Revelations (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: Decisions (#litres_trial_promo)