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The Runelords

David Farland
Chapters (83)
  1. About the author
  2. THE RUNELORDS
  3. THE SUM OF ALL MEN
  4. Copyright Notice
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. BOOK 1
  8. DAY 19 IN THE MONTH OF HARVEST
  9. A GLORIOUS DAY FOR AN AMBUSH
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  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. 4
  14. 5
  15. BOOK 2
  16. DAY 20 IN THE MONTH OF HARVEST
  17. A DAY OF SACRIFICE
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  20. 8
  21. 9
  22. 10
  23. 11
  24. 12
  25. BOOK 3
  26. DAY 21 IN THE MONTH OF HARVEST
  27. A DAY OF DECEPTION
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  29. 14
  30. 15
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  36. 21
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  42. 27
  43. 28
  44. 29
  45. BOOK 4
  46. DAY 22 IN THE MONTH OF HARVEST
  47. A DAY OF SLAUGHTER
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  80. BOOK 5
  81. DAY 23 IN THE MONTH OF HARVEST
  82. ADVENT OF THE EARTH KING
  83. AFTERWORD

“A new series, set in a world of mages and Earth wardens, kings and knights equitable, glamors and Voices, endowments and Dedicates, force horses and reavers. Swords flash. Cruelty abounds. Men and women obey their lords and die for it, or worse, do deeds so terrible they cannot bear to live with them.

“[Farland] explores the very nature of virtue and finds disturbing contradictions at the heart of every moral question. Good men and women find themselves serving evil for good reasons; people who long served evil waken and discover their honor. Love can be noble and self-sacrificing; it can be lusty and filled with pleasure.

“When I reached the end of this volume, The Runelords, and saw grace arise from a devastating battlefield where too many great hearts lay dead, Farland had earned the tears that come to my eyes. It was not sentiment but epiphany.”

—Orson Scott Card

About the author

TOR BOOKS BY DAVID FARLAND

The Runelords
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Wizardborn
The Lair of Bones
Sons of the Oak
Worldbinder
The Wyrmling Horde

THE RUNELORDS

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THE SUM OF ALL MEN

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Copyright Notice

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Copyright

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE RUNELORDS: THE SUM OF ALL MEN

Copyright © 1998 by David Farland

Edited by David G Hartwell
Maps by Mark Stem Studios
Interior illustration “Frowth Giant” by Howard Lyon

A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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New York, NY 10010

Tor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

ISBN 978-0-8125-4162-5
ISBN 0-8125-4162-6
First Edition: June 1998
First Mass Market Edition July 1999

Printed in the United States of America

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Dedication

DEDICATION

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