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Chapters (95)
  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Map
  5. Dramatis Personae
  6. Fifteen Years Ago
  7. Endas, 25th day of Wellmarch
  8. One
  9. Two
  10. Three
  11. Four
  12. Maladas, 26th day of Wellmarch
  13. Five
  14. Six
  15. Seven
  16. Eight
  17. Nine
  18. Ten
  19. Lumendas, 1st day of Radiance
  20. Eleven
  21. Twelve
  22. Thirteen
  23. Fourteen
  24. Astridas, 2nd day of Radiance
  25. Fifteen
  26. Sixteen
  27. Seventeen
  28. Eighteen
  29. Nineteen
  30. Jeradas, 3rd day of Radiance
  31. Twenty
  32. Twenty-One
  33. Twenty-Two
  34. Twenty-Three
  35. Twenty-Four
  36. Twenty-Five
  37. Endas, 4th day of Radiance
  38. Twenty-Six
  39. Twenty-Seven
  40. Twenty-Eight
  41. Twenty-Nine
  42. Thirty
  43. Thirty-One
  44. Maladas, 5th day of Radiance
  45. Thirty-Two
  46. Thirty-Three
  47. Thirty-Four
  48. Thirty-Five
  49. Tzadas, 6th day of Radiance
  50. Thirty-Six
  51. Thirty-Seven
  52. Thirty-Eight
  53. Thirty-Nine
  54. Forty
  55. Forty-One
  56. Forty-Two
  57. Forty-Three
  58. Lunandas, 7th day of Radiance
  59. Forty-Four
  60. Jeradas, 10th day of Radiance
  61. Forty-Five
  62. Forty-Six
  63. Forty-Seven
  64. Endas, 11th day of Radiance
  65. Forty-Eight
  66. Forty-Nine
  67. Fifty
  68. Fifty-One
  69. Fifty-Two
  70. Fifty-Three
  71. Fifty-Four
  72. Fifty-Five
  73. Maladas, 12th day of Radiance
  74. Fifty-Six
  75. Fifty-Seven
  76. Fifty-Eight
  77. Fifty-Nine
  78. Sixty
  79. Sixty-One
  80. Sixty-Two
  81. Tzadas, 13th day of Radiance
  82. Sixty-Three
  83. Sixty-Four
  84. Lunandas, 14th day of Radiance
  85. Sixty-Five
  86. Sixty-Six
  87. Lumendas, 15th day of Radiance
  88. Sixty-Seven
  89. Sixty-Eight
  90. Tzadas, 20th day of Radiance
  91. Sixty-Nine
  92. Acknowledgements
  93. Discover More
  94. Extras
  95. Meet the Author

Akadra turned this way and that, the soft baritone of his words losing their form long before they reached Melanna’s position among the trees. Then he gazed briefly up at the twin statues of Ashana and Lumestra, and strode deeper into the forest. Alone, save for the Dark billowing about him like a shroud.

“Goddess,” she breathed. “It’s not over.”

She felt the presence before the soft glow of moonlight reached her eyes. Turning about, she saw Ashana standing a pace behind her. And further back, a heavy cloak, an antlered helm, and blazing green eyes.

“No,” said Ashana. “It’s not over. It has barely begun.”

The story continues in…

Legacy of Steel

Book two of the Legacy trilogy

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

You made it! All the way to the end. Or rather, all the way to the end of the beginning. I hope you’ll stick around for another couple of hundred words, because there are thanks to be made. If you need to grab a cup of tea first, go right ahead. I need one myself. Writing about intrigue, gods and battles? Easy. Talking like a human being? Much harder.

Let’s see how I go.

First of all, a heartfelt thanks to my agent, the estimable John Jarrold, not only for his unflagging support, but also for weathering my storm of questions, worries and outright nonsense. Likewise, my editors at Orbit, James Long and Priyanka Krishnan, for helping the story shine all the brighter.

Beyond that, I’d like to offer my gratitude to the friends and family who have offered encouragement along the way. Special mention should go to Mum and my good friend Greg Benedict, who have never met, but are allied in abject horror when I sometimes spell like an American (look, sometimes it’s just clearer that way, guys). To Mark Latham, who keeps me a good deal saner than he might suspect. And of course to my wife, Lisa, who doubtless longs for the days when we could make car journeys unaccompanied by soliloquys of fractured narratives and character arcs as I unpick the mess I’ve gotten myself into the day before.

As for the cats, to whom I am but a humble servant? They need no thanks. They know all and see all.

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Extras

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Meet the Author

meet the author

Matthew Ward is a writer, cat-servant and owner of more musical instruments than he can actually play (and considerably more than he can play well). He’s afflicted with an obsession for old places – castles, historic cities and the London Underground chief among them – and should probably cultivate more interests to help expand out his author biography.