The Invisible Hands - Part 1: Gambit (73 page)
The heart of the problem lay elsewhere. Just like circumstances had
permitted their love to blossom against all odds, another twist of fortune would make them see that their feelings ran even deeper. An unlikely actor would have to enter the stage to make them truly understand it.”
…
61
“Not now, Verial of the Lakes. This is a good point in time to stop.
What follows will bring treachery and deceit, bravery as well as cowardice, generosity as well as miserliness, and the fates of many will
be caught up in the maelstrom of events. Even those who think they
are moving the pieces on the board may be mangled and chewed by
the River History, only to be spewed out on its banks, moving as it
does in its eternal, inexorable and unforgiving way.”
…
“You can come back when again the moon starts to wane. For
now your puny brain is filled to capacity, and it wouldn’t be able to
absorb the intricacy of what is to come. For now I am tired of the
past and of you.”
Contents
Chapter 1: Prince at the Crossroads
Chapter 3: The Mercy of Wolves
Chapter 4: The Winds of Opportunity
Chapter 11: The Count and the Cat
Chapter 12: Lines of Demarcation
Chapter 13: The Majesty of the Crown
61
Chapter 16: The Battle that Changed Names
Maps
Ximerion and Neighbors - 1453-1454 a.e.d.
Ximerion: Southern Border - 1453-1454 a.e.d.
Ffindall Dram's expedition to the Morradennes - February, 1454 a.e.d.
Lorsanthian Invasion of Ximerion - March, 1454 a.e.d.
The Battle of Barnsted Fields - May 30th, 1454 a.e.d.
10:00 - Attack of the Ximeronian Archers
10:30 - Charge of the Eternals
12:00 - Final Stage of the Battle
RECLUSE
ANDREW ASHLING
THE INVISIBLE CHAINS
Book I:
The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
Book II:
The Invisible Chains - Part 2: Bonds of Fear
Book III:
The Invisible Chains - Part 3: Bonds of Blood
62
Book IV:
The Invisible Hands - Part 1: Gambit
(this book)
Book V:
The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling
(publication expected in the last quarter of 2012)
ANDREW ASHLING
Stand-Alone Novel
Just Don't Mess With Us: Family Matters
62
Five Short Stories
@Created by
PDF to ePub
- Chapter 1: Prince at the Crossroads
- Chapter 2: The Royal Game
- Chapter 3: The Mercy of Wolves
- Chapter 4: The Winds of Opportunity
- Chapter 5: The Velvet Threat
- Chapter 6: Ehandar's Squires
- Chapter 7: What Price a Man?
- Chapter 8: Midwinter Sunrise
- Chapter 9: The Scattering
- Chapter 10: Departures
- Chapter 11: The Count and the Cat
- Chapter 12: Lines of Demarcation
- Chapter 13: The Majesty of the Crown
- Chapter 14: A World Too Big
- Chapter 15: As an Open Hand
- Chapter 16: The Battle that Changed Names