Raymond E. Feist

Prince of the Blood


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      RAYMOND E. FEIST

      Prince of The Blood

      Book One of Krondor’s Sons

       Copyright

      HarperVoyager An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      First published HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy 1990

      Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1990, 2008

      Cover Illustration © Nik Keevil

      Raymond E. Feist asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780007176168

      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780007385355

      Version: 2019–01–15

       This book is dedicated

       with love to my wife

       Kathlyn Starbuck

       who makes everything make sense

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Chapter Four: Concerns

       Chapter Five: Southward

       Chapter Six: Dilemma

       Chapter Seven: Captive

       Chapter Eight: Escape

       Chapter Nine: Welcome

       Chapter Ten: Companion

       Chapter Eleven: Hunting

       Chapter Twelve: Evasion

       Chapter Thirteen: Jubilee

       Chapter Fourteen: Bargain

       Chapter Fifteen: Snares

       Chapter Sixteen: Stalking

       Chapter Seventeen: Traps

       Chapter Eighteen: Triumph

       Continue the Adventure …

       Afterword

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       Also by the Author

       About the Publisher

       Map

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       • CHAPTER ONE •

       Homecoming

      THE INN WAS QUIET.

      Walls darkened by years of fireplace soot drank in the lantern light, reflecting dim illumination. The dying fire in the hearth offered scant warmth and, from the demeanour of those who chose to sit before it, less cheer. In contrast to the mood of most establishments of its ilk, this inn was nearly sombre. In murky corners, men spoke in hushed tones, discussing things best not overheard by the uninvolved. A grunt of agreement to a whispered proposal, or a bitter laugh from a woman of negotiable virtue, were the only sounds to intrude upon the silence. The majority of the denizens of the inn, called The Sleeping Dockman, were closely watching the game.

      The game was pokiir; common to the Empire of Great Kesh to the south and now replacing lin-lan and pashawa as the gambler’s choice in the inns and taverns of the Western Realm of the Kingdom. One player held his five cards before him, his eyes