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Chapters (132)
  1. COVER PAGE
  2. CHOSEN: LOST BOOK 1
  3. BEGINNINGS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. INFIDEL: LOST BOOK 2
  35. BEGINNINGS
  36. ONE
  37. TWO
  38. THREE
  39. FOUR
  40. FIVE
  41. SIX
  42. SEVEN
  43. EIGHT
  44. NINE
  45. TEN
  46. ELEVEN
  47. TWELVE
  48. THIRTEEN
  49. FOURTEEN
  50. FIFTEEN
  51. SIXTEEN
  52. SEVENTEEN
  53. EIGHTEEN
  54. NINETEEN
  55. TWENTY
  56. TWENTY-ONE
  57. TWENTY-TWO
  58. TWENTY-THREE
  59. TWENTY-FOUR
  60. TWENTY-FIVE
  61. TWENTY-SIX
  62. TWENTY-SEVEN
  63. RENEGADE: LOST BOOK 3
  64. BEGINNINGS
  65. ONE
  66. TWO
  67. THREE
  68. FOUR
  69. FIVE
  70. SIX
  71. SEVEN
  72. EIGHT
  73. NINE
  74. TEN
  75. ELEVEN
  76. TWELVE
  77. THIRTEEN
  78. FOURTEEN
  79. FIFTEEN
  80. SIXTEEN
  81. SEVENTEEN
  82. EIGHTEEN
  83. NINETEEN
  84. TWENTY
  85. TWENTY-ONE
  86. TWENTY-TWO
  87. TWENTY-THREE
  88. TWENTY-FOUR
  89. TWENTY-FIVE
  90. TWENTY-SIX
  91. TWENTY-SEVEN
  92. TWENTY-EIGHT
  93. TWENTY-NINE
  94. THIRTY
  95. THIRTY-ONE
  96. THIRTY-TWO
  97. THIRTY-THREE
  98. THIRTY-FOUR
  99. THIRTY-FIVE
  100. THIRTY-SIX
  101. THIRTY-SEVEN
  102. CHAOS: LOST BOOK 4
  103. BEGINNINGS
  104. ONE
  105. TWO
  106. THREE
  107. FOUR
  108. FIVE
  109. SIX
  110. SEVEN
  111. EIGHT
  112. NINE
  113. TEN
  114. ELEVEN
  115. TWELVE
  116. THIRTEEN
  117. FOURTEEN
  118. FIFTEEN
  119. SIXTEEN
  120. SEVENTEEN
  121. EIGHTEEN
  122. NINETEEN
  123. TWENTY
  124. TWENTY-ONE
  125. TWENTY-TWO
  126. TWENTY-THREE
  127. TWENTY-FOUR
  128. TWENTY-FIVE
  129. TWENTY-SIX
  130. TWENTY-SEVEN
  131. TWENTY-EIGHT
  132. TWENTY-NINE

“The fire won’t keep them away for long,” Darsal said, yanking out her knife. “We have to get out of here.”

“Not until we have the books,” Johnis said.

“That’s ridiculous,” Billos snapped. “We’re in the middle of the Black Forest, if you hadn’t noticed.”

“We came for the books,” Johnis said.

Billos wouldn’t let go. “The Shataiki will be swarming—”

“Enough, Billos!” Johnis shouted. “I will not leave without the Books of History!”

That shut the boy down as if he’d been forced to swallow a cork.

“Books, as in more than one?” Darsal asked.

“Books. He has two. We can’t leave without them.”

“And do you have any clue where these books are?”

Johnis took a deep breath and swallowed. “Yes, I think I do.”

TWENTY-SEVEN

TWENTY-SEVEN

Are you sure it’s a fire?” Thomas demanded, marching with Mikil down the main path toward the barracks. “In the west, you say?”

“Have you ever seen a black cloud rise from the earth?” Mikil said. “It’s a fire, and it’s farther out than we’ve ever ventured.”

“Horde, then,” Thomas said.

“Maybe.”

“To the west, not the east.”

“The question is, how many?” Mikil said. “First our four recruits go missing in the west, and now we see a large fire on the western horizon. I don’t like it.”

Thomas frowned. “Neither do I.” He looked to the east, where the main body of their forces was entrenched. “We’ve had no significant Horde activity except for these persistent raids on the east for three days now.”

“No.”

“Then maybe the camp on the east is a ruse,” Thomas said. “They could be attacking from the west. Is that possible?”

Her eyes were wide, and sweat beaded her forehead. “It could be. But if we move our forces from our defensive positions in the east, we’ll leave that flank exposed.”

“We have the high ground on the west because of the cliffs. How many fighters could hold the cliffs? Five thousand?”

“Ten,” Mikil said. “At the very least.”

Thomas closed his eyes and tried to settle his frayed nerves. It was like this often now, flirting with death at every turn.

“Take half our forces, five thousand. And the thousand new recruits. Stand them on the cliffs. Make them look like ten. Do whatever you have to—just show force. If they are planning on a surprise, even a smaller force will throw them. Then send a scouting party one day out into the western desert. We hold the other five thousand in their positions in the east for now, but have them ready to move if word comes that we’ve been tricked.”

“Yes, sir,” Mikil said. “You’ll stay here in the village?”

“Yes, until I know for sure. No more word on the recruits?”