By Schism Rent Asunder

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Maps

Prologue

Year of God 892

I. Eraystor Bay, Princedom of Emerald

II. Royal Palace, City of Manchyr, Princedom of Corisande

III. Tellesberg Cathedral, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

IV. Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

V. HMS
Destroyer,
Eraystor Bay, Princedom of Emerald

VI. Royal Palace, City of Eraystor, Princedom of Emerald

VII. Breygart House, Hanth Town, Earldom of Hanth

June, Year of God 892

I. The Temple of God, City of Zion, The Temple Lands

II. Queen Sharleyan's Palace, City of Cherayth, Kingdom of Chisholm

III. Ehdwyrd Howsmyn's Foundry, Delthak, Earldom of High Rock, Kingdom of Charis

IV. Galleon
Southwind
, Margaret Bay; Gray Ship Tavern, Hanth Town, Earldom of Hanth

V. Madame Ahnzhelyk's, City of Zion, The Temple Lands

VI. Hanth Town, Earldom of Hanth, Kingdom of Charis

VII. Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

VIII. Erayk Dynnys' Cell and the Plaza of Martyrs, The Temple of God, City of Zion, The Temple Lands

IX. Grand Council Chamber, Queen Sharleyan's Palace, City of Cherayth, Kingdom of Chisholm

X. Tellesberg Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

XI. North Bay, Princedom of Emerald

XII. Royal Palace, City of Eraystor, Princedom of Emerald

XIII. Tellesberg Cathedral and Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

July, Year of God 892

I. Royal College, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

II. Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

III. Archbishop's Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

IV. Royal Palace and Monastery of Saint Zherneau, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

V. Marine Training Ground, Helen Island, Kingdom of Charis

VI. Captain Merlin Athrawes' Quarters, Archbishop's Palace, and Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

VII. King Cayleb's Private Dining Salon, Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

August, Year of God 892

I. Schooner
Blade
and Galleon
Guardian,
off Lizard Island, Hankey Sound

II. Tellesberg Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

III. Royal Patent Office, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

IV. House of Parliament, Kingdom of Charis

V. Earl of Thirsk's Townhouse, City of Gorath, Kingdom of Dohlar

VI. Tellesberg Harbor, and Tellesberg Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

VII. The Temple, City of Zion, The Temple Lands

VIII. City of Manchyr, Princedom of Corisande

IX. Tellesberg Harbor, Kingdom of Charis

X. Archbishop's Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

XI. Royal Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

XII. A Palace Ballroom, Tellesberg Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

XIII. City of Ferayd, Ferayd Sound, Kingdom of Delferahk

XIV. Ferayd Harbor and Main Shipping Channel, Ferayd Sound, Kingdom of Delferahk

XV. Charisian Embassy, City of Siddar, Republic of Siddar

September, Year of God 892

I. Tellesberg Palace, Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

II. Tellesberg Cathedral, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

III. Tellesberg Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

IV. The Temple, City of Zion, The Temple Lands

V. Army Training Ground and Manchyr Cathedral, Duchy of Manchyr, Kingdom of Corisande

VI. Tellesberg Palace and The Sailor's Lady Tavern, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

October, Year of God 892

I. Helen Island, Howell Bay, Kingdom of Charis

II. Galleon
Raptor,
Southern Ocean

III. Tellesberg Palace, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

IV. Ferayd Sound, Kingdom of Delferahk

November, Year of God 892

I. HMS
Empress of Charis
, City of Tellesberg, Kingdom of Charis

Characters

Glossary

A Note on Safeholdian Timekeeping

Tor Books by David Weber

Copyright

 

This one is for Sharon. Well, they all are, really, and I don't usually do public love letters, but this year is an exception. Thank you for marrying me all over again. I love you.

Prologue

It was very quiet in the inverted recon skimmer.

It tended to be that way in orbit, aside from the quiet chirping of an occasional audio signal from the skimmer's flight computers, and those only seemed to perfect the silence, rather than interrupt it. The man who had once been Nimue Alban leaned back in the pilot's couch, looking down through the clear armorplast of his canopy at the planet beneath him, and treasured that quiet, serene calm.

I really shouldn't be here
, he thought, watching the gorgeous blue-and-white-swirled marble of the planet called Safehold while his skimmer swept steadily towards the dark line of the terminator.
I've got way too many things to be doing back in Tellesberg. And I've got no business at all hanging around up here, stealth systems or no
.