Dreamfire (50 page)
Authors: Kit Alloway
“We can't be here,” Josh said, coughing. “We destroyed this place.”
“So you did,” Feodor whispered in her ear, his breath flicking her skin like the tongue of a snake. “But you
remember
it.”
A bomb landed in a busy intersection, flinging nearby people through the air in every direction. The planes few so close overhead that Josh could see the empty, black eyes of the pilots.
“And you know what they say,” Feodor said. “No one is ever really deadâas long as someone remembers them.”
His arms tightened around her as the sirens rose to a desperate scream.
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Family
Josh Weaver (Joshlyn Dustine Hazel Weavaros)
Deloise Weaver: Josh's younger sister
Lauren Weaver (Laurentius Weavaros): Josh and Deloise's father
Jona Weaver: Josh and Deloise's mother (deceased)
Kerstel Weaver: Lauren's wife, Josh and Deloise's stepmother
Dustine Borgenicht: Josh and Deloise's grandmother, Peregrine's estranged wife
Peregrine Borgenicht: Josh and Deloise's grandfather, Dustine's estranged husband
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Friends
Winsor Avish: Josh's best friend
Whim Avish: Winsor's older brother
Saidy and Alex Avish: Whim and Winsor's parents
Haley McKarr (Micharainosa): Ian's twin brother
Ian McKarr (Hianselian Micharainosa): Haley's twin brother
Davita Bach: the local government representative
Young Ben Sounclouse: the local seer
Schaffer Sounclouse: Young Ben's great-grandson
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The Outsider
Will Kansas: Josh's apprentice
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KIT ALLOWAY
is an avid quilter who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her family and four very small dogs.
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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.
DREAMFIRE.
Copyright © 2015 by Kit Alloway. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-06366-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-6967-7 (e-book)
e-ISBN 9781466869677
First Edition: February 2015