“He wants you to aid a group of paladins we are gathering to rescue his bride,” Khelben supplied. “Would you be interested in such an appointment?”
Something of Noph’s former spirit returned. “I go to watch.”
Postlude
Wrong Side of the Mirror
Oh, to sleep….
It is all I want to do.
This weariness is the sort that denies sleep.
Perhaps if I slept, I could keep the dust of my pulverized world from filtering down through my eyes and mind and into my very soul. Perhaps if I slept, I would be letting go like the very dust itself. After all, what once bound all to all is gone now. Everything solid melts into air.
Shaleen, it is as if you died again. What has happened to me, to the Open Lord of Waterdeep?
What once bound all to all? Oh, to sleep….
WELCOME TO THE UTTER EAST!
THE DOUBLE DIAMOND TRIANGLE SAGA
The story continues…
The bride of the Open Lord of Waterdeep has been abducted. The kidnappers are from the far-off lands of the Utter East. But who are they? And what do they really want? Now a group of brave paladins must travel to the perilous kingdoms of this unknown land to find the answers. But in this mysterious world, nothing is ever quite what it appears.
Look for the other books in the series
The Paladins
James M. Ward and David Wise
The Mercenaries
Ed Greenwood
Errand of Mercy
Roger E. Moore
An Opportunity for Profit
Dave Gross
Conspiracy
J. Robert King
Uneasy Alliances
David Cook with Peter Archer
Easy Betrayals
Richard Baker
The Diamond
J. Robert King & Ed Greenwood
More from the Double Diamond Triangle Saga
By James M. Ward and David Wise
The fantasy serial novel that began with The Abduction continues. The bride of the Lord of Waterdeep has been kidnapped. Now the lord himself has fallen ill. His loyal followers prepare to rescue the abducted woman, little knowing what perils their quest will bring them up against in the far-off realm of the Utter East. Prepare for adventure in the company of the paladins.
By Ed Greenwood
In the mysterious land of the Utter East, a shadowy figure hires a group of unemployed pirates to aid him in a dangerous mission. What is their connection to the kidnapping of a young bride that has taken place in the faraway city of Waterdeep? Behind the mission lies a hidden purpose. Yet secrets may be revealed as you follow the quest of the mercenaries.
By Roger E. Moore
The paladins sent by the Lord of Waterdeep to rescue his kidnapped bride have arrived in a kingdom of the Utter East. The monarch seems friendly; but the kingdom is beset by menacing fiends. Before the ruler agrees to help the paladins in their quest, there is just one small task they must perform….
About the Author
J. Robert King is the author of several Magic: The Gathering novels, and has walked paths leading through Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and Ravenloft. In addition to Mad Merlin and Lancelot du Lethe, which he wrote for Tor Books, J. Robert King is the author of Blood Wars, an award-winning Planescape trilogy. He lives in Wisconsin.
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