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Authors: Jr. L. E. Modesitt
Majer Altyrn always said that you would do great and unexpected deeds, and that I should not be surprised at where your deeds led you. I am surprised. I was also disappointed at first, and that is why this letter, I freely admit, has been so long in coming, but both your mother and Maeroja counseled me that what has happened has turned out for the best …
When he had read those words the first time, for a moment, Lerial had been surprised, but now he understands. His mother has always feared that his abilities would outshine his older brother’s and cause difficulties for Lephi and incidentally for the future of Cigoerne, but mainly for Lephi. Now those difficulties will not exist. There may be others, but not those.
… I have always hoped for better relations between Afrit and Cigoerne. That was why I dispatched you and your companies to assist Duke Atroyan, as you well know.
In time, once matters have settled slightly, I would hope that we might see you and your consort, either here in Cigoerne or in Swartheld, a possibility I had thought might never be practical in my lifetime. Nor did your mother and I ever entertain the possibility that we might have grandchildren ruling differing lands.
As for your aunt, I can only wish her the best. I have written her as well to tell her that. We will miss her, and Ryalah will miss Amaira, but they both deserve what happiness they can grasp in an uncertain and changing world.
Lerial nods as he reads those words, his hand resting lightly on Kyedra’s shoulder, making it slightly easier for him to sense already the life within Kyedra, although he cannot tell whether the child will be a boy or girl. Either way, he and Rhamuel, and Kyedra—especially Kyedra—will work it out.
T
OR
B
OOKS
BY
L. E. M
ODESITT
, J
R
.
T
HE
S
AGA
OF
R
ECLUCE
The Magic of Recluce
The Towers of the Sunset
The Magic Engineer
The Order War
The Death of Chaos
Fall of Angels
The Chaos Balance
The White Order
Colors of Chaos
Magi’i of Cyador
Scion of Cyador
Wellspring of Chaos
Ordermaster
Natural Ordermage
Mage-Guard of Hamor
Arms-Commander
Cyador’s Heirs
Heritage of Cyador
T
HE
C
OREAN
C
HRONICLES
Legacies
Darknesses
Scepters
Alector’s Choice
Cadmian’s Choice
Soarer’s Choice
The Lord-Protector’s Daughter
Lady-Protector
T
HE
I
MAGER
P
ORTFOLIO
Imager
Imager’s Challenge
Imager’s Intrigue
Scholar
Princeps
Imager’s Battalion
Antiagon Fire
Rex Regis
Madness in Solidar
(forthcoming)
T
HE
S
PELLSONG
C
YCLE
The Soprano Sorceress
The Spellsong War
Darksong Rising
The Shadow Sorceress
Shadowsinger
T
HE
E
COLITAN
M
ATTER
Empire & Ecolitan
(comprising
The Ecolitan Operation
and
The Ecologic Secession
)
Ecolitan Prime
(comprising
The Ecologic Envoy
and
The Ecolitan Enigma
)
The Forever Hero
(comprising
Dawn for a Distant Earth, The Silent Warrior,
and
In Endless Twilight
)
Timegod’s World
(comprising
Timediver’s Dawn
and
The Timegod
)
T
HE
G
HOST
B
OOKS
Of Tangible Ghosts
The Ghost of the Revelator
Ghost of the White Nights
Ghost of Columbia
(comprising
Of Tangible Ghosts
and
The Ghost of the Revelator
)
The Hammer of Darkness
The Green Progression
The Parafaith War
Adiamante
Gravity Dreams
The Octagonal Raven
Archform: Beauty
The Ethos Effect
Flash
The Eternity Artifact
The Elysium Commission
Viewpoints Critical
Haze
Empress of Eternity
The One-Eyed Man
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., lives in Cedar City, Utah. He has a website at
http://www.lemodesittjr.com/
.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
HERITAGE OF CYADOR
Copyright © 2014 by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Matt Stawicki
Cover design by Carol Russo
Maps by Ellisa Mitchell
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ISBN 978-0-7653-7613-8 (hardcover)
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First Edition: November 2014