The Blood Knight - J. Gregory Keyes [231]
He smiled and grabbed her around the waist. “I’m still happy,” he said. “Look, whatever Fend is up to, he’s pretending to be my ally, and for the moment, that’s more or less the same as being one. I have everything I need here to figure out what’s really going on, and I will. You were right, Zemlé. It’s time I took matters into my own hands.” He pulled her closer. “Specifically, it’s time I take you in my hands…”
“You’ve certainly grown bolder, sir,” she murmured.
“I’m in a library.” Stephen laughed. “It’s where I do all my best work.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to my early readers: my mother, Nancy Ridout Landrum; my wife, Lanelle Keyes; and my friend Nancy Vega. Many thanks to Steve Saffel for seeing this book from conception through the editing process, and for his friendship and moral support. Thanks to Betsy Mitchell, Jim Minz, Fleetwood Robins, and Nancy Delia for taking up the task of production under difficult circumstances. Thanks to Eric Lowenkron, copy editor. Thanks to Dave Stevenson for the snazzy cover design and Stephen Youll for another cool piece of cover art.
Special thanks to Shawn Speakman for his continuing support, and for creating and maintaining my website.
Thanks to Terry and Judine Brooks for wonderful company and conversation touring The Charnel Prince— I appreciate you letting me tag along, guys.
Thanks to “Debbie” Wan Yu Lin, Kim Tatalick, and Meredith Sutton for keeping Archer happy and distracted long enough for me to get some work done.
And another thanks, Nell, for everything.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GREG KEYES was born in Meridian, Mississippi, to a large, diverse storytelling family. He received degrees in anthropology from Mississippi State and the University of Georgia before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of The Briar King, The Charnel Prince, and the Age of Unreason tetralogy, as well as The Waterborn, The Blackgod, and the Star Wars® New Jedi Order novels Edge of Victory I: Conquest, Edge of Victory II: Rebirth, and The Final Prophecy. He lives in Savannah, Georgia with his wife, Nell, and son, Archer.
By Greg Keyes
The Chosen of the Changeling
THE WATERBORN
THE BLACKGOD
The Age of Unreason
NEWTON’S CANNON
A CALCULUS OF ANGELS
EMPIRE OF UNREASON
THE SHADOWS OF GOD
The Psi Corps Trilogy
BABYLON 5: DARK GENESIS
BABYLON 5: DEADLY RELATIONS
BABYLON 5: FINAL RECKONING
Star Wars : The New Jedi Order
EDGE OF VICTORY I: CONQUEST
EDGE OF VICTORY II: REBIRTH
THE FINAL PROPHECY
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
THE BRIAR KING
THE CHARNEL PRINCE
THE BLOOD KNIGHT
The Blood Knight is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Copyright © 2006 by J. Gregory Keyes
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