The Bandit King (37 page)

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Authors: Lilith Saintcrow

Tags: #Fiction / Romance - Paranormal, #Fiction / Fantasy - Historical, #Fiction / Romance - Fantasy, #Fiction / Romance - Historical, #Fiction / Fantasy - Epic

Grayson’s flush deepened. Clare admitted he was enjoying himself. No, that was not quite correct. He was enjoying himself
immensely
. “How many?” he enquired.

“Well. That is, ahem.” Grayson cleared his throat. “Let me be frank, Archibald.”

Now the game truly begins.
Clare brought all his faculties to bear, his concentration narrowing. “Please do be, Cedric.”

“You are the only remaining unregistered mentath-class genius remaining alive in Londinium. The others… their bodies were savaged. Certain parts are… missing.”

Archibald’s fingers tightened, pressing against each other. “Ah.”
Most interesting indeed.

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Working for the Devil

Dead Man Rising

The Devil’s Right Hand

Saint City Sinners

To Hell and Back

J
ILL
K
ISMET
N
OVELS
 

Night Shift

Hunter’s Prayer

Redemption Alley

Flesh Circus

Heaven’s Spite

Angel Town

R
OMANCES OF
A
RQUITAINE
 

The Hedgewitch Queen

The Bandit King

As Lili St. Crow

 
T
HE
S
TRANGE
A
NGELS SERIES
 

Strange Angels

Betrayals

Jealousy

Defiance

Reckoning

Contents
 

Welcome

 

Dedication

 

Map

 

Epigraph

 

Preface

 

Part I

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Part II

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Glossary

 

Meet the Author

 

A Preview of
The Iron Wyrm Affair

Also by Lilith Saintcrow

Copyright

 
Copyright
 

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2012 by Lilith Saintcrow

Excerpt from
The Iron Wyrm Affair
copyright © 2012 by Lilith Saintcrow

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First e-book edition: June 2012

ISBN 978-0-316-18781-7

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