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GRAY WOLF THRONE

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Gray Wolf Throne
A SEVEo REALMS oOVEL

book three

cinda williams chima

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For my maternal grandmother, Dorothy Downey Bryan, a gifted musician and indifferent housekeeper who had the second sight. Grandma had a lap that would accommodate several small children, but she always kept a shotgun in the closet.

Copyright © 2011 by Cinda Williams Chima All rights reserved. Published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. For information address Hyperion, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011-5690. First Edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America Designed by Tyler Nevins Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on ?le. ISBN 978-1-4231-1825-1 Reinforced binding Visit www.hyperionteens.com www.cindachima.com

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CHAPTER ONE

In the Borderlands
Raisa ana’Marianna huddled in her usual dark corner at the Purple Heron, picking at her meat pie. She’d learned to stretch a meal and a mug of cider over an entire evening. It was risky to sit out in the common room of a tavern every night. Lord Bayar’s assassins would be...