Sara Douglass
Battle Axe
Book One of The Axis Trilogy
HarperVoyager An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1999
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © Sara Douglass 1995
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The books of The Axis Trilogy are for three respectable historians. A. Lynn Martin, Tim Stretton and Frances Gladwin, who have regarded with amiable tolerance their colleague’s slow drift into the Star Dance. May Fran eventually win her own battle with prophecy and may the realm and people of Achar help Lynn and Tim recall the days of the twelve months.
If my fortunes torment me, my hopes shall content me.
Contents
Copyright
4 At the Foot of the Fortress Ranges
7 In the Brother-Leader’s Palace Apartment
12 At the Edge of the Silent Woman Woods
14 Inside the Silent Woman Keep
21 Inside the Enchanter-Talon’s Tomb