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Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

PART I: EXILES

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

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

PART II: AQUA ALTO

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

CHAPTER 53

CHAPTER 54

CHAPTER 55

CHAPTER 56

CHAPTER 57

CHAPTER 58

CHAPTER 59

CHAPTER 60

CHAPTER 61

CHAPTER 62

CHAPTER 63

CHAPTER 64

CHAPTER 65

CHAPTER 66

CHAPTER 67

CHAPTER 68

CHAPTER 69

CHAPTER 70

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE WAVE TRILOGY TIMELINE

First published in Great Britain in 2014 by

Jo Fletcher Books
An imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd
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Copyright © 2014 Aidan Harte

The moral right of Aidan Harte to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 78087 153 0 (HB)
ISBN 978 1 78087 152 3 (TPB)
ISBN 978 1 78087 154 7 (EBOOK)

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

CONCORDIANS

Torbidda
The Last Apprentice
Girolamo Bernoulli
Long dead tyrant of Concord
Leto Spinther
Concordian General
Lord Geta
Disgruntled swordsman
Fra Norcino
Blind preacher; leader of the fanciulli
Madame Filangeiri
Brothel keeper
Scaevola
Leto’s quartermaster
Collegio dei Consoli
Council of previous candidates for apprenticeship
Consul Numitor Fuscus
Influential consul
Consul Malapert Omodeo
Noble-born but self-made plutocrat
Horatius
Malapert Omodeo’s nephew

RASENNEISI

Sofia Scaligeri
Former Contessa of Rasenna
Iscanno Scaligeri
Her son
Pedro Vanzetti
Chief Engineer
Salvatore Bombelli
Eldest son of Fabbro the murdered ruler of Rasenna
Guido and Gasparo Bombelli
Middle twins
Costanzo Bombelli
Youngest of Fabbro’s sons
Maddalena Bombelli
Fabbro’s only daughter; Lord Geta’s wife
Sister Isabella Vaccarelli
Young Reverend Mother of the Sisterhood
Sister Carmella
Novice
Uggeri Galati
Bandieratoro; young capo of Bardini Workshop
Polo Sorrento, the farmer
Wool Merchant and father of Rosa & Pablo
Pablo Sorrento
Rosa’s brother; a bandieratoro
Rosa Sorrento
Young mother; daughter of Polo; Pablo’s brother
Bocea, a.k.a the Brewer
Owner of Lion’s Fountain; Prior of Vintners’ Guild
Jacques Bonhomme
Frankish Blacksmith
Donna Soderini
Wife of a poor wool carder

OTHER ETRURIANS

Levi Azzarà
Podesta of Rasenna; General of Hawk’s Company
Duke Grimani
Dictator of Veii
Poggio Marsuppini
Town elder of Veii; succeeds Duke Grimani
Doctor Ferruccio
Ambassador from Salerno; old Scaligeri ally
Sergio
A Salernitan buttero
Matron Trotula
A Salernitan doctor
No Man
Sybaritic youth
Hellebore
Top Man of Sybaris
Femus
Hellebore’s son
Whisperer
Councillor of Sybaris
Befana
Prophetess

OLTREMARINES

Queen Catrina Guiscard
Queen of Oltremare
Fulk Guiscard
Queen’s son; Grandmaster of the Lazar Knights
Basilius
Seneschal of Lazars
Gustav
Elderly Lazar
Patriarch Chryrsoberges
Queen’s councillor
Baron Masoir
Rich Akkan noble
Melisende Ibelin
Baroness; wife of Baron Masoir
Prince Jorge
New ruler of Byzant
Captain Khoril
Captain of Oltremarine flagship, the
Tancred
Abdel
Moorish slave

EBIONITES

Ezra
Old Ebionite sailor
Azizi, a.k.a The Moor
Usurping ruler of Ariminum; former pirate
Mik la Nan
Infamous chief of Napthtali tribe
Arik ben Uriah
Ebionite of Issachar tribe; Scout for Oltremarines
Yūsuf ben Uriah
Leader of Sicarii; brother of Arik
Bakhbukh
Yūsuf’s unhappy advisor
Zayid
Heavy; Ally of Yūsuf
Jabari
Sicarii boy
Roe de Nail
Chief of Benjaminite tribe

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