Paul Durham

The Last Reckoning


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       Copyright

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015

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       The Luck Uglies: The Last Reckoning

      Text copyright © Paul Durham 2016

      Map of Village Drowning © Sally Taylor 2016

      Map of Beyond the Shale © Pétur Antonsson

      Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers 2016

      Cover illustration © Jeff Nentrup

      Paul Durham and Sally Taylor assert the moral right to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007526949

      Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780007526956

      Version: 2016-03-15

       Dedication

      For the Durham girls, always. And for

      Shadow, our own Gloaming Beast, who’s

      been previously neglected in

      these dedications.

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       9. HOMECOMING

       10. THE NIGHT COURIER

       11. CREEPERS

       12. A GONGFARMER’S BOY

       13. LADY IN THE WELL

       14. SERPENTS OF LONGCHANCE KEEP

       15. THE TREASURE HOLE

       16. A TOME GUARDS ITS SECRETS

       17. WHAT’S WORTH SAVING

       18. HOGSHEADS

       19. THE RIVER WYVERN

       20. THE FORTUNE-TELLER

       21. ECHOES OF A DISTANT CALL

       22. TRUTHS OF THE HIGH CHIEFTAIN

       23. A MURDER OF UGLIES

       24. MEN-AT-ARMS

       25. BATTLE FOR THE DEAD FISH INN

       26. MARCH OF THE WIRRY SCARES

       27. A TOLL COMES DUE

       28. THE RECKONING

       29. RISE OF THE RAGGED CLOVER

       30. AN HEIR OF UNKNOWN INTENTIONS

       31. HOW IT ENDS

       Epilogue: “R” Is for Rye

       Banter like a Local: A Tourist’s Field Guide to Shale Lingo and Lore