This is a 36 chapter fantasy novel serialized during June and July 2005. Comments are encouraged and welcome at berardin@patmedia.net (no grammar or spelling corrections, please, unless it's something egregious).

To read the second book in this series, click on this link to THE PRICE OF MAGIC
To read the third and final book in this series, click on this link to THE PRICE OF TERROR

PART ONE: RITES OF SUCCESSION

CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX

PART TWO: WAGES OF POVERTY

CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE

PART THREE: CONVERGENCE OF DESTINIES

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

PART FOUR: SEEDS OF REBELLION

CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

PART FIVE: LOSS OF FOCUS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY

PART SIX: BURGEONING APATHY

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

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