Ashes of the Sun
Chapters (38)
- BY DJANGO WEXLER
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Prologue
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- About the author
- An Invitation from the Publisher
ASHES
OF THE
SUN
BY DJANGO WEXLER
BURNINGBLADE & SILVEREYE
Ashes of the Sun
THE SHADOW CAMPAIGNS
The Thousand Names
The Shadow Throne
The Price of Valor
The Guns of Empire
The Infernal Battalion
Title Page
ASHES
OF THE
SUN
Burningblade & Silvereye:
Book One
DJANGO
WEXLER
Copyright
First published in the UK by Head of Zeus in 2020
Copyright © 2020 by Django Wexler
The moral right of Django Wexler to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Cover illustration by Scott Fischer
Map and chapter ornaments by Charis Loke
Author photograph by Rachel Thompson
ISBN (HB): 9781788543149
ISBN (TPB): 9781788543156
ISBN (E): 9781788543132
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Dedication
For Dad
Contents
By Django Wexler
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Map
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Glossary
About the author
An Invitation from the Publisher
Map
Prologue
Gyre and Maya were playing ghouls and heroes. Gyre had to be the ghoul, of course. Maya would never tolerate being anything less than a hero.
Summer was in full flower, and the sun was alone in a pale blue sky, with only a few wisps of cloud at the horizon. They’d already had the dramatic sword fight, and Gyre had been defeated with appropriate hissing and choking. Now he lay on his back, dead, and Maya had planted one foot on his stomach, hands on her hips in a heroic pose.
“… an’ now I’m queen,” she shouted at the top of her lungs. “An’ there’ll be peace an’ justice an’ all, an’ everyone’s got to do what I say. Stupid Billem Crump an’ his stupid brothers have to help Mom dig the new well, an’ there’s going to be apple pudding every day with dinner. An’ my brother Gyre can have some,” she added generously, “even if he never beat a ghoul all by himself.”
“If we had apple pudding every day, you’d get sick of it,” Gyre said.
“Would not.”
“Would too. And anyway, queens are for barbarians. We have senators and consuls.”
“You shut up. You’re dead.”