The Dinosaur Princess
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I guess at this point I’m just too curious as to what could possibly happen next.
The light winked out. The woman touched down, dropping to one knee on the bare rock of the great ledge and bowing her head. Her white-feathered wings enfolded her, then seemed to retract into her shoulders.
She stood, a full two and a half meters tall. She was dressed in white plate armor with the black-and-white taijitu emblem of Sacred Equilibrium on the breast. She had scabbarded the longsword at her waist, and allowed the golden post-horn to hang by a sling that appeared to be made of gilded leather.
She shook a cascade of long, kinky red-gold hair back over the flared pauldrons that guarded her shoulders.
“I am the Grey Angel Gabriel, Your Majesty,” she said. “I have come to lead your army to destroy the evildoers who kidnapped your daughter.”
TOR BOOKS BY VICTOR MILÁN
The Dinosaur Lords
The Dinosaur Knights
The Dinosaur Princess
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
VICTOR MILÁN, best known for his award-winning novel The Cybernetic Samurai, now brings us The Dinosaur Princess, the third book in his sprawling fantasy series that began with The Dinosaur Lords. In previous worlds, he’s been a cowboy and Albuquerque’s most popular all-night prog-rock DJ. He’s never outgrown his childhood love of dinosaurs … and hopes you haven’t, either. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Map
Epigraph
Part One: Intrusion
Prologue
Part Two: Aftershocks
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Part Three: Malicious Intents
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Part Four: Arrival
Epilogue
Tor Books by Victor Milán
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE DINOSAUR PRINCESS
Copyright © 2017 by Victor Milán
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Cover art and interior illustrations by Richard Anderson
Map by Rhys Davies
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First Edition: August 2017