The Serpentwar Saga: The Complete 4-Book Collection

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Table of Contents

Cover (#u518c31a1-0309-50e1-b699-4f3a38c10c8e)

Title Page (#uf3cc1d43-daef-5a19-88b1-2ae22168f31c)

Copyright (#u16fab48b-b182-5247-9680-b9ece07a82d3)

Dedication (#u1828875a-b100-51d1-afef-2c0c55c92d8e)

Cast of Characters (#ubcc65f40-0ed0-5428-a5fa-361850c6df99)

Maps (#u1f3b3640-43d8-5eae-a9cf-db67d4418aa2)

Book One: Erik’s Tale (#u5aa54470-af5b-56f1-a88b-18033576dc76)

Prologue: Deliverance (#ucafe351b-2a73-56a5-975f-72f93ce2a13d)

Chapter One: Challenge (#uf863e0e7-dabd-58c7-bfa9-b1a34a56655f)

Chapter Two: Deaths (#ue0fb21e7-49a1-556d-9aad-7b0c7baa0d30)

Chapter Three: Murder (#u663127b4-f287-5631-9edc-217b04970ca6)

Chapter Four: Fugitives (#ud0910141-0f88-56ff-ad9b-139ea99ec7c7)

Chapter Five: Krondor (#ucacaf463-9dd2-5573-9957-1c7803baf529)

Chapter Six: Discovery (#uc803af71-0c44-56b5-b6ff-a0995b61576f)

Chapter Seven: Trial (#ub81cb86c-af25-5f17-bc64-f9f14c2120c6)

Chapter Eight: Choice (#u6e9cf3eb-1525-5ce9-af9e-ab0fa6e210a0)

Chapter Nine: Breakdown (#u1f4b8430-89e7-504d-8ee4-a591ce442d1a)

Chapter Ten: Transition (#u7336c603-a8ee-5dd9-838a-e8822d3ef616)

Chapter Eleven: Passage (#u61c6603d-018c-58e5-869c-5f49e6e52641)

Chapter Twelve: Arrival (#u84ee28b9-e7ca-51fe-af8a-5f4fda524394)

Chapter Thirteen: Search (#u19f86b68-4174-5b9f-b4a7-6a0e3eda3a9e)

Chapter Fourteen: Journey (#u91b37724-e612-5f18-b810-aa3b3c32fd92)

Chapter Fifteen: Village (#u9af143bf-5f08-5062-86ed-04c8d5e9959f)

Chapter Sixteen: Rendezvous (#u9264e41f-2f02-5e93-9d86-5fdbdea43b85)

Chapter Seventeen: Discovery (#u731b4e46-9b88-5b4c-a63e-154e0c5a539f)

Chapter Eighteen: Escape (#u0cf3d005-3869-55d2-b5b6-044f8d2b1c2a)

Chapter Nineteen: Discovery (#u7b6d286d-1a92-50f5-bc51-c484e870b1d1)

Chapter Twenty: Passage (#u7d6cbf64-bdd5-5510-b485-f12db7b70151)

Chapter Twenty-One: Attrition (#u0f18595f-a718-5ea4-8dbe-83b0e49dba53)

Chapter Twenty-Two: Infiltration (#uc7372844-f585-5d10-a4f0-7fb8b1b50c7d)

Chapter Twenty-Three: Onslaught (#uece5cc1a-a7ad-5e9a-80a3-be789cf39abd)

Twenty-Four: Escape (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue: Reunion (#litres_trial_promo)

Cast of Characters (#ulink_f31aef58-ae3d-5303-bddc-50087dcc2956)

Aglaranna – Elf Queen in Elvandar

Alika – ‘demon’ cook at Sorcerer’s Isle

Althal – elf in Elvandar

Avery, Rupert ‘Roo’ – boy from Ravensburg, companion of Erik von Darkmoor; later prisoner; later member of Calis’s company

Biggo – prisoner; later member of Erik’s company

Calis – half elf, half human son of Aglaranna and Tomas; known as ‘The Eagle of Krondor’; leader of a military company

Culli – murdering mercenary

Dawar – mercenary in Nahoot’s company

de Loungville, Robert ‘Bobby’ – sergeant in Calis’s company

de Savona, Luis – prisoner; later member of Calis’s company