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Authors: Honor Raconteur

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But I didn’t want to write the story for two reasons: One, I already had twenty stories sitting on my hard drive waiting to be finished and I didn’t really want to start another one; and two, this was obviously going to be a war story. The thing that is
the
most challenging for me to write is battle scenes. I have to get a lot of help from my brothers to manage it.

Fortunately, Darius was persistent. Unlike most of my main male characters, he’s a talker, and he gave me lots of scenes and practically talked my ear off until I threw up my hands and said, “Okay, okay, I’m writing! Sheesh.”

Because of that, I wrote Kingslayer in exactly two months, which is a new record for me. Usually it takes me six.

I am very, very glad now that Darius talked me into this. It’s such a remarkable tale of courage, honor, love, devotion, betrayal and friendships. I felt I learned something from writing this story.

I hope you learned something from reading it.

 

See you in the next world~

 

Honor

 

 

adit:
enter a room/place

aster:
moment of potential, either good or bad, that can be in favor if acted upon

ballyhoo:
whole bloody truth

barmecide:
something that looks attractive but is deadly

bickie:
loves to argue

buckshee:
a free service

buff:
slap

bunko:
a swindle or trick

chalant:
to worry about situation

copper's turn:
bit of coin

cracy:
ruler, one in power

dawn's bells:
sunrise (three bells typically ring)

day's eye:
show of cowardice (from yellow in eyes)

dicker:
bargaining

diddle:
dawdling

Dracon:
extremely severe or harsh punishment/punisher

dumpers:
people with no ability/ambition (only good for gathering up and dumping dead)

empty sacks:
people who look the part only

Euu:
a sound that means good, pleasant, okay

gate pinched:
caught

goobers:
babies

gyne:
woman

jinko:
mild oath

kako:
bad, ugly, unpleasant

kiddens:
children

lackers:
destitute, or short on something

loudies:
bullies

megalo:
great, large, mighty

muchly:
much

myrm:
person who blindly follows orders

nebe:
NB - noted well

nenter:
someone who is stilted, puts on airs

night's first bell:
early evening

obit:
went away

painted:
victims (from colors of bruises)

pannie:
all of it

pidgin:
business

prolly:
probably

rama :
wide view

rasp:
worrier or nag

riddled:
short on intelligence/looks/ability

ruddied:
in sun too long

sand dwellers:
dead

seamy:
less presentable, rough

shade finder:
informer or someone with information

skor:
dung or filth

slabs:
meat

smokes:
someone who's always mad

sunder:
divide

sunside:
in a tight situation

tonly:
not only

tween:
in between

twig:
got it, understand

wowser:
doesn't enjoy life and doesn't want you to

yabber:
people who talk too much (meaningless noise)

daystar:
morning star

dayspring:
daybreak

boot them hard:
force a retreat, force someone to leave or give up

clock's tick:
in a moment, shortly

catawampus:
out of kilter, not lined up correctly

 

 

 

Nearly twenty-eight years ago, in the hills of Tennessee, a nice, unsuspecting young couple had their first child. Their home has since then been slowly turned into a library as their daughter consistently brought books home over the years.

No one was surprised when she grew up, went to college, and got her Bachelor's in English. Despite the fact that she has a degree, and looks like a mature young woman, she's never grown out of her love for dragons, fairies and other fantastical creatures. With school done, she's ready to start her career, hopefully by blending two of her loves: books and fantasy.

Her website can be found here:
http://www.honorraconteur.com
or if you wish to speak directly with the author, visit her forum at:
http://z13.invisionfree.com/adventmage/

 

 

Table of Contents

Prologue

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

Epilogue

Afterword

Slang Dictionary

About the Author

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