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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

“Take it easy, Johnis,” Silvie whispered. “He’s right.”

“Yes, take it easy, Johnis,” Gabil said. “Michal is right.”

One of the young ones above cried down before his mother could muffle him. “That’s right, take it easy, Johnis!”

But Johnis couldn’t get his mind to take it easy. He fixed his jaw and tried to remain at least outwardly calm.

“In the meantime,” Michal said, “put your mind on finding the books. The worlds are at stake, my friend. If you fail there, nothing else will matter.”

“You can’t just tell us to go looking for the books without giving us a clue where to look,” Silvie said.

“Well, yes, that is the challenge, isn’t it?”

“Do you suggest we start looking under all the logs in the forest? Without any ideas, we’re stuck.”

She was right, of course, but Johnis was more focused on the dismissal he’d been given regarding his mother. There’s still a way, he thought. One small way that just might work.

“We should go,” he said.

“Hold up.” Silvie looked at the elder Roush. “Well? What do you suggest we do? You know that Billos and Darsal will ask the same thing. We stumbled on two books, but what now?”

“You didn’t stumble on anything,” Michal said. “Follow your hearts.”

“That’s what I’m trying to do,” Johnis said.

“And try not to be stupid about it.”

Johnis suddenly wanted out of the valley, out of this fluffy white sea of Roush. When the time was right he would come back, but right now the time was definitely wrong.

Whoever in the Horde army had left his mother’s ring on the rock was retreating even now. Time was running short!

“If you have anything more that will help, you know where to find us,” he said, turning his horse away.

“You are not as strong as you might think, Johnis,” the Roush said very softly. “Don’t think you can withstand the greatest test.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Silvie shot back, defending him.

“Pray you never find out.”

Johnis dipped his head in farewell, unable to find any words. Then he spurred his horse into the forest.

Behind him Silvie said something to the Roush, then took after him. “Wait!” She pulled alongside. “What’s gotten into you?”

He didn’t know. Wasn’t he only doing what he had always done? Wasn’t he thinking with his heart?

“Where are you going?”

He thought about it for a moment, then answered frankly. “To use the books.”

THREE

THREE

The four fighters stood around the boulder in the middle of the clearing, staring at the Books of History that Johnis had placed side by side on the cloth.