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Автор Дебора А. Вольф
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Hunted
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-Eight
Thirty-Nine
Forty
Forty-One
Forty-Two
Forty-Three
Forty-Four
Forty-Five
Forty-Six
Forty-Seven
Forty-Eight
Forty-Nine
Fifty
Fifty-One
Fifty-Two
Fifty-Three
Fifty-Four
Fifty-Five
Fifty-Six
Fifty-Seven
Fifty-Eight
Fifty-Nine
Sixty
Sixty-One
Sixty-Two
Damned
APPENDICES
Acknowledgements
About the Author
THE DRAGON’S LEGACY SAGA BY DEBORAH A. WOLF
TITAN BOOKS
THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Hardback edition ISBN: 9781785651106
Electronic edition ISBN: 9781785651120
Published by Titan Books
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First edition: May 2018
This is a work of fiction. Names, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead (except for satirical purposes), is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2018 by Deborah A. Wolf. All Rights Reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
This book is dedicated with love to
KRISTINE ALDEN,
the sister of my heart.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Ani (Istaza Ani): Youthmistress of the Zeerani prides. Though she has no children of her own, she loves her young charges fiercely.
Daru: A young Zeerani orphan, apprenticed to Hafsa Azeina. Born a weakling, Daru is keenly aware of the thin line that separates life from death.
Hafsa Azeina: Queen Consort of Atualon and foremost dreamshifter of the Zeeranim.
Hannei: Young warrior and best friend to Sulema, Hannei is everything a Ja’Akari should be: bold, beautiful, and honorable to the marrow of her bones.
Ismai: A Zeerani youth, Ismai wishes to break tradition and become Ja’Akari, though warrior status is reserved for females. Last surviving son of Nurati, First Mother among the Zeeranim.
Jian: A Daechen prince and Sen-Baradam of Sindan.
Leviathus: Son of Ka Atu, the Dragon King, Leviathus was born
