Domes of Fire (55 page)
Authors: David Eddings
‘Oh, all
right
!’ Aphrael gave in, flinging herself into a chair and starting to suck her thumb as she glared at them.
‘Don’t do that,’ Sparhawk and Sephrenia told her in unison.
She ignored them. ‘I want all three of you to know that I’m really very put out with you for this. You’ve been very impolite and very inconsiderate of my feelings. I’m ashamed of you. Go ahead. I don’t care. Go ahead and get the Bhelliom if you think you absolutely
have
to have it.’
‘Ah – Aphrael,’ Sparhawk said mildly, ‘we don’t know where it is, remember?’
‘That’s not my fault,’ she replied in a sulky little voice.
‘Yes, actually it is. You were very careful to make sure that we
didn’t
know where we were when we threw it into the sea.’
‘That’s a spiteful thing to say, father.’
A horrible thought suddenly occurred to Sparhawk. ‘You
do
know where it is, don’t you?’ he asked her anxiously.
‘Oh, Sparhawk, don’t be silly! Of
course
I know where it is. You didn’t think I’d let you put it someplace where I couldn’t find it, did you?’
DOMES OF FIRE
David Eddings was born in Washington State and grew up near Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington and went on to serve in the United States Army. Subsequently, he worked as a buyer for the Boeing Company, and taught college-level English. His first novel,
High Hunt,
was a contemporary adventure story, but he soon began a spectacular career as a fantasy writer with his best-selling series
The Belgariad.
He consolidated his immediate success with three further enormously popular series,
The Malloreon, The Elenium
and
The Tamuli.
Writing with his wife Leigh, three final volumes rounded off the Belgariad:
Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress
and
The Rivan Codex.
These were followed by the epic standalone fantasy
The Redemption of Althalus,
and his latest series of books,
The Dreamers.
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THE ELENIUM
Book One:
The Diamond Throne
Book Two:
The Ruby Knight
Book Three:
The Sapphire Rose
THE TAMULI
Book One:
Domes of Fire
Book Two:
The Shining Ones
Book Three:
The Hidden City
By David and Leigh Eddings
Belgarath the Sorcerer
Polgara the Sorceress
The Rivan Codex
The Redemption of Althalus
THE DREAMERS
Book One:
The Elder Gods
Book Two:
The Treasured One
Book Three:
Crystal Gorge
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First published in Great Britain by Grafton Books 1992
Copyright © David Eddings 1992
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