Belmundus (The Farn Trilogy Book 1)

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by Edward C. Patterson


  Pajoquota

  a town on the border between Cetronia and the Dodingdaten

  Parnasus

  a Thirdling in service

  pashing

  a hug and a kiss

  perpadranum

  a basket

  pertupa stew

  a pottage of ground lake crabs

  phitron

  building material

  piece of piss

  easy task

  pikers

  malingerers

  pilocarpinus

  antidote for sqwallen overdose

  pimpsqua

  a type of chair

  Plageris

  an island in the Bottleblue Sea

  plonk

  cheap wine (brantsgi)

  pogo-pogo

  a pig

  pokiepen

  a paddy wagon

  Ponsetossit

  Garan's ship

  Pontifrax

  Realm of Ritual

  porcorporian

  sand crustacean

  porgeedasqui

  deadly scarlet tanagers

  Porias

  the old phitron prison

  Posan

  Consort, Chang Wen

  praeters

  noble Yunocker class

  Primordial Centrum

  the great unknown

  protastitorium

  potatoes

  Protractus

  Realm of Science

  prysyst

  a poppy like seed

  pukas midaskoos

  a root of the midas herb

  Pulveris stream

  the legendary last river for Thirdlings

  pulverkempin

  healing herb

  pupernisgi

  a variety of hanging blossom akin to fuchsia

  pykyn

  a Gurt house

  quillerfoil

  barley

  reaptide

  a time of disposal of the dead or dying

  regulati

  the warrior Yunocker class

  Ricktus Morphinus

  Augustii spinctus of the Ryyve Aniniya

  ridgy-didge

  genuine

  Ringus Mordancus

  an Ayelli Month – April

  rip-snorter

  inventor (engineer)

  road train

  truck rig

  Roses of Scaladar

  flower of the Ayelli Hill

  Rypchypy

  a Ryyvyty of the Ryyve Aniniya

  ryyve

  a Gurt guild

  Ryyve Aniniya

  the Power guild

  Ryyve Bomertoss

  the Baker's guild

  Ryyve Gudi

  the Weaver’s guild

  Ryyve Pykyn

  the Building guild

  Ryyve Sulasgi

  the Pottery guild

  Ryyvyty

  a Gurt selling agent

  Sakwoladi

  the Danuwa in Gurt

  scratchy

  scratch-off lottery ticket

  Scullery Dorgan

  the kitchen zone

  Seecoy

  an improved Cabriolin

  seegoniga

  the blue holly clan

  selu

  corn

  selu gadu

  corn bread

  Seppo

  an American

  Sheepshagger

  a New Zealander

  shitter case

  broken

  shlombrera

  umbrella

  shonky

  in disrepair

  siti

  the whisperer’s place

  Sittiquo

  a sacred tree

  sketchable

  blueprints

  snalligrogs

  snails

  Soffira

  Scepta of Montjoy

  Solus

  larger of two suns of Farn

  soogasdi

  smoke

  Spasatorium

  The promised Savior

  speckies

  specifications

  sqwallen

  drugged porridge

  sqwallen yehu

  a drug den

  stewganasti

  muffin

  Sulasgi

  pots

  sustiya

  the old shelter

  suweechi

  omelet

  Swede

  a rutabaga

  Taleenay

  a provost’s second

  Ta-li Yu-do-we

  He who has two marks

  Tappiolus

  Consort, Giovanni Muti

  Tarhippus

  General and city chief of Montjoy

  Tassie

  Tasmanian

  terrapinsgi

  tortoise

  Terrastrium

  Realm of Metallurgy

  terrerbyrd

  a pterodactyl

  threadnickery

  silkworm

  Tippagore

  a desert denizen

  tludachi

  tiger

  tlugu

  the tree clan

  Toe-hee-ju

  I am fine — how are you

  Tomatly

  assistant to the Ferryman

  Toqua

  a Cetrone enclave

  torpeda

  damn it to hell

  Treaty of Parazell

  Restrictive laws governing entrance into the Kalugu

  Trelaw

  ancient textile center

  Tricentee

  a Cetrone enclave

  Tucharechee

  tlugu clan head

  Usquanigo

  the Mystery Valley

  Usti

  baby

  vargos

  water pots

  Villamorticus

  Warder of the gate at the Kalugu

  Volcanium

  Realm of Fire

  vyrjyt

  an assigned workplace

  waddly wazzoo

  a rope lamp

  wadi-wadi

  hand grenades

  Watoge

  a Cetrone enclave

  Whacker

  Western Australian

  wisgi

  whiskey

  Wudayleegu

  the Zecronisian ward

  Xyftys

  a Gurt tailor

  yahuli

  a horn

  yarrow tarrow

  a sweet herb used in tea

  yedalas

  currency (money)

  Yeholo

  the three moons of Farn

  yehu

  house

  yichiyusti

  green sky conditions

  Yigoya

  the showroom

  Yinaga

  The Forling desert

  yiyutli

  measurement — 1.3 miles

  Yodanado

  the whisperers

  Yudolayda Asdodi

  the secret door into the Kalugu

  Yu-do-we

  a tattoo

  Yuganawu

  The Yunocker ward central Montjoy

  yunogolada

  rainbow

  Yustichisqua

  Harris’ Trone

  yustunalla

  a metal used in Cabriolins

  Yutumi Dikano Geesti

  harpsichord

  yuyenihi

  barbed wire

  yuyona

  a drum

  yuyoyi

  bad

  Yuyuli

  trail of tears (weeping road)

  Yuyutlu

  the Gurt ward and marketplace

  Zacker

  Realm of Light

  Zin

  Realm of Darkness

  Zinbear

  a mythic 12 headed monster

  Zocor council

  the Zecronisian high command

  Zocorpykyn

  the Wudayleegu customs house


  zugginak

  an attack dog

  zulus

  flying sandals

  Also Available

  No Irish Need Apply ISBN 1434893952

  Cutting the Cheese ISBN 1434893847

  Bobby’s Trace ISBN 1434893960

  The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out ISBN 1438220502

  Come, Wewoka & Diary of Medicine Flower ISBN 1438227639

  Surviving an American Gulag ISBN 1438247230

  Turning Idolater ISBN 1440422109

  Look Away Silence ISBN 1448651921

  The Road to Grafenwöhr ISBN 1460973860

  Are You Still Submitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher? ISBN 1441407383

  A Reader’s Guide to Author’s Jargon and Other Ravings from the Blogosphere ISBN 1468071432

  Oh Dainty Triolet ISBN 1451535376

  The Academician - Southern Swallow Book I, ISBN 144149975X

  The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow Book II, ISBN 1449994202

  Swan Cloud – Southern Swallow Book III ISBN 1466499591

  The Jade Owl ISBN 1440447977

  The Third Peregrination ISBN 1441456724

  The Dragon’s Pool ISBN 1442170999

  The People’s Treasure ISBN 1453850813

  In the Shadow of Her Hem — ISBN 1478203064

  Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further postgraduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 2000 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader’s souls from an indelible wellspring.

  His novel No Irish Need Apply was named Book of the Month for June 2009 by Booz Allen Hamilton’s Diversity Reading Organization. His Novel The Jade Owl was a finalist for The 2009 Rainbow Awards.

  Published Novels by Edward C. Patterson include No Irish Need Apply, Bobby’s Trace, Cutting the Cheese, Surviving an American Gulag, Turning Idolater, Look Away Silence, Oh, Dainty Triolet, The Road to Grafenwöhr, The Jade Owl (Jade Owl Legacy Series Book I), The Third Peregrination (Jade Owl Legacy Series Book II), The Dragon’s Pool (Jade Owl Legacy Series Book III), The People’s Treasure (Jade Owl Legacy Series Book IV), In the Shadow of Her Hem (Jade Owl Legacy Series Book V), the Southern Swallow Series (Book I – The Academician, Book II – The Nan Tu, Book III – Swan Cloud), and The Farn Trilogy (Book I – Belmundus).

  Coming soon: The Southern Swallow Series (Book IV – The House of Green Waters; Book V — Vagrants Hollow), The Farn Trilogy (Book II – Boots of Montjoy and Book III – The Adumbration of Zin), and Green Folly.

  Look also for Dearest Flower of My Heart — Mail Call from Two Generations, Plum Flower Journey and Nicholas Firestone – China Hand Series.

  Poetry books available are The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out and Come, Wewoka & Diary of Medicine Flower. Coming soon: Pacific Crimson — Forget Me Not

  Also – Non-fiction: Are You Still Submitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher? and A Reader’s Guide to Author’s Jargon and Other Ravings from the Blogosphere.

  Dancaster Creative www.dancaster.com

  Table of Contents

  Acknowledgements

  Table of Contents

  Part I The Audition

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Part II Exploring the Part

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Part III Takes and Retakes

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Part IV Cut, and Check the Gate

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

 

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