Ruins (48 page)

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Authors: Joshua Winning

Laurent’s eyes bulged and the blood pumped between his fingers. He grasped for her with his free hand, but she stepped out of the way and he collapsed on his front.

She contemplated his dying spasms and smiled.

She ran a bloody hand over her face, painting it red.

When he was still, Malika swayed in the sallow morning light and hummed a tuneless lullaby, peering down at the egg-like shapes in the Tortor’s stomach.

The age of the Dark Prophets had begun.

 

The Sentinels will return.

Table of Contents

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE: THE FESTIVAL OF FIRE

CHAPTER TWO: THE TRINITY

CHAPTER THREE: DAWN

CHAPTER FOUR: DOWNSTAIRS

CHAPTER FIVE: NEW ARRIVALS

CHAPTER SIX: SEEING

CHAPTER SEVEN: AT SCHOOL

CHAPTER EIGHT: COBBLES

CHAPTER NINE: ALEDITES

CHAPTER TEN: NALE

CHAPTER ELEVEN: DETONATION

CHAPTER TWELVE: THE GIRL

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SICKNESS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ASHES

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BREAKING IN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: UNDERGROUND

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: SMOKE

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE KEY

CHAPTER NINETEEN: ON THE WATER

CHAPTER TWENTY: OBLITUSS

CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE: THE FACELESS MAN

CHAPTER TWENTY–TWO: HOLDING CELL

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: PANDEMONIUM

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: SPEARS AND ARROWS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: FIRE IN THE SKY

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE CAT

EPILOGUE

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