This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2003 by Joel Rosenberg. The Sleeping Dragon © copyright 1983; The Sword and the Chain © copyright 1984; The Silver Crown © copyright 1985; all by Joel Rosenberg.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original Omnibus
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ISBN: 0-7434-3589-3
Cover art by Monty Moore
First omnibus printing, February 2003
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rosenberg, Joel, 1954–The guardians of the flame / by Joel Rosenberg
p. cm.
Contents: The sleeping dragon—The sword and the chain—The silver crown.
ISBN 0-7434-3589-3
1. Role playing—Fiction. 2. Fantasy fiction, American. I. Title.PS3568.O786 G83 2003
813'.54—dc21 2002034185
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