Law of the Broken Earth (53 page)
The wet cobbles of the street shone dimly in the diffuse light that came through the clouds. Lonne spread itself out around them, loud and busy: To Nemienne, she and her sisters seemed like ghosts, not nearly as solid and real as the streets through which they traveled. She lifted her gaze to the mountains, which loomed all around the
northern and western edges of the city. The Laodd loomed among them; its stark white walls and thousand glass windows glittered in the light. Set into the rugged cliffs where the Nijiadde River plunged down from the heights to the sea, the king’s fortress seemed from this distance no more a thing of men than were the mountains.
Thanks to my agent, Caitlin Blasdell, whose insightful comments about my manuscripts always help me fix weaknesses that I should have spotted but missed; and to my editor, Devi Pillai, who not only tells me I’m “awesome,” but also talked me into writing a trilogy when that wasn’t initially what I had in mind.
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HOUSE OF SHADOWS
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Law of the Broken Earth
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Copyright © 2010 by Rachel Neumeier
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House of Shadows
copyright © 2010 by Rachel Neumeier
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First eBook Edition: December 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-12273-3
