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THE SUMMONER Book One of the CHRONICLES OF THE NECROMANCER
GAIL Z. MARTIN
First published 2007 by Solaris an imprint of BL Publishing Games Workshop Ltd, Willow Road Nottingham, NG7 2WS UK www.solarisbooks.com
ISBN-13: 978 1 84416 468 4 ISBN-10: 1 84416 468 3 Copyright © Gail Z. Martin 2007 Map by Kirk Caldwell The right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. 10 9876543 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Designed & typeset by BL Publishing Printed in the UK by CPI Bookmarque, Croydon, CR0 4TD
This book would not have happened without the patience, support and belief of family, friends and colleagues. I'm deeply grateful to my husband, Larry, and to my children - Kyrie, Chandler and Cody – for encouraging, for encouraging, proofreading, and enabling my work. Thanks also to family and friends who proofed and made suggestions though many drafts. And special spec ial thanks to Ethan Ellenberg, my agent, and to Christian Dunn and Mark Newton at Solaris, for believing.
Contents Cover Headings Map: The Winter Kingdoms
Chapter 1
Chapter 16
Chapter 31
Chapter 2
Chapter 17
Chapter 32
