The Rebellion

A
GREAT RAGE
seared me.

Throwing off caution, I reached into the bottom of my mind for the darkest of my Misfit Talents to stun the Herder.

But before I could summon it, an arrow hurtled through the air to bed itself in the center of his sunken chest. He sucked in an agonized breath and clawed at the wooden stave, trying vainly to withdraw it. Then his eyes clouded and he collapsed, blood bubbling obscenely from his lips.

I disengaged my probe with a scream, almost dragged to my own doom by his swift spiral into death. Panting, I stared down at him in astonishment and, for a moment, silence reigned in the village clearing.

“The Herders will kill us all for this,” a woman wailed, shattering the stillness.

THE OBERNEWTYN CHRONICLES

Obernewtyn
The Farseekers
Ashling
The Keeping Place
Wavesong
The Stone Key
The Sending
The Red Queen

THE GATEWAY TRILOGY

Night Gate
Winter Door

LITTLE FUR

The Legend Begins
A Fox Called Sorrow
A Mystery of Wolves
Riddle of Green

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are 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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copyright © 1995 by Isobelle Carmody
The Keeping Place
copyright © 1999 by Isobelle Carmody
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