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Highmeadow:
the new fortress home Ashe built for Rhapsody in the forests of Navarne near Bethany, which becomes the central command center of the war

Hintervold:
northern part of the continent beyond the Tar'afel River, mostly tundra

Island of Serendair, the:
the homeland of the Cymrian people before the exodus

Jierna Tal:
the palace of the emperor of Sorbold

Kraldurge
(the Realm of Ghosts): canyon in Bolglands believed to be haunted

Krevensfield Plain, the:
wide-open land running almost the width of the Middle Continent

Kurimah Milani:
a mythic city of healing from before the Cymrian era, lost to Time

Loritorium, the:
a cavern deep within the Bolglands where the Sleeping Child rests

Madame Parri's Pleasure Palace:
Grunthor's favorite whorehouse in the old world

Manosse:
major coastal realm on the eastern part of the continent across the Wide Central Sea where the Second Fleet landed; part of the Cymrian Alliance

Manteids, the:
the Cymrian name for the Teeth, also the name of the three Seers

Marincaer:
a neighboring nation to Manosse

Merryfield:
Rhapsody's birthplace, a farming village on the Island of Serendair

Middle Continent, the:
common name for the part of the continent north of Sorbold and south of the Hintervold; Roland and the Lirin lands of Tyrian, as well as the Bolglands

Mirror Lake:
a reflective body of water in the lands of Elynsynos the dragon

Molten River, the:
the river of fire and melted rock that separates the lands of the dragon Witheragh from the kingdom of the Nain

Nonaligned States, the:
a collection of small nations to the southwest of Sorbold

Quieth Keep:
the royal college of Serendair

Roland:
the provinces that comprise most of the mass of the Middle Continent

Sepulvarta, the City of Reason:
the holy city-state of the Patrician religion north of Sorbold and south of Roland

Serendair
(the Lost Island of Serendair): the homeland of the Cymrian people, destroyed in volcanic fire subsequent to the exodus when the star known as the Sleeping Child rose

Skeleton Coast, the
(of Sorbold): the desolate and foggy western coast of Sorbold where the Third Cymrian Fleet landed, now a graveyard of the bones of their ships

Sorbold:
the vast united empire of city-states in southern desert and mountains beyond the Middle Continent

Spire, the:
the immensely tall tower in Sepulvarta crowned with a silver star in which an actual piece of ether from the star Seren has been housed

Tar'afel River:
northern river that forms the boundary of the Middle Continent and the lands of the dragon Elynsynos

Teeth, the:
the Bolg name for the mountains in which they live, also called the Manteids

Tomingorllo:
the palace of the Lirin kingdom

Traeg:
windy northernmost port on the western coast of the Middle Continent

trans-Orlandan thoroughfare, the:
roadway built in the first Cymrian era bisecting the Middle Continent; considered the jewel of roadways

Tyrian:
also called Realmalir; the Lirin forest realm

Undervale:
the kingdom of the Nain, also known as the Deep Kingdom

Vault of the Underworld, the:
vault of Living Stone where the F'dor are imprisoned

Veil of Hoen, the:
the mystical realm between life and death; home of the Rowans

Verne Hys:
a port on the western coast of the Hintervold

Vornessta, Sorbold:
area housing one of Sorbold's biggest iron ore mines

Wide Central Sea, the:
the ocean that separates Manosse from the Middle Continent

Windswere:
a southern coastal city southwest of Sorbold

Wyrmlands, the:
the original name of the continent

Ylorc (was Canrif):
the Bolglands

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ELIZABETH HAYDON
is an accomplished herbalist, harpist, and madrigal singer. She also enjoys anthropology and folklore. She lives on the East Coast, where she is working on the next books in her epic Symphony of Ages series for adults and her Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme middle-grade series for young readers. You can sign up for email updates
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The Symphony of Ages Books by
Elizabeth Haydon

Rhapsody: Child of Blood

Prophecy: Child of Earth

Destiny: Child of the Sky

Requiem for the Sun

Elegy for a Lost Star

The Assassin King

The Merchant Emperor

The Hollow Queen

 

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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Map

Epigraph

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

The Battles of the Citadels

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Return from Across the Sea

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Homecoming

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Epilogue

Glossary

About the Author

The Symphony of Ages Books by Elizabeth Haydon

Copyright

 

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.

THE HOLLOW QUEEN

Copyright © 2015 by Elizabeth Haydon

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First Edition: June 2015

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