CONTENTS

One - By Surprise. 6

Two - A Book Worth Reading. 11

Three - Intrigue. 17

Four - Indecision. 27

Five - First Contact 34

Six - The Quality of Mercy. 42

Seven - Pragmatic Magic. 46

Eight - Quietly. 51

Nine - Daoine Teague Feer 57

Ten - Betrayed. 64

Eleven - The Trouble With Traps. 70

Twelve - Under Guard. 76

Thirteen - Ooooo, Said the Deer 84

Fourteen - Revelations and Reluctant Allies. 92

Fifteen - Aiming High. 101

Sixteen - Ancient Wisdom.. 109

Seventeen - A Desperate Attempt 115

Eighteen - A Wood Worth Fighting For 121

Nineteen - Through the Lines Dangerously. 127

Twenty - When Magic Filled the Air 132

Twenty-One - Long Live the King. 137

Twenty-Two - Visions of Hell 144

Twenty-Three - Between a Dwarf And a Hard Place. 149

Twenty-Four - Pack of Wolves. 155