![]() ![]() As they broke from the timber into a thinly wooded, rough field of clumped grass, Richard saw above the leafy limbs a leaden sky threatening to unleash torrents of rain. He remembered hearing it once said that when you died, no matter how many people were there with you, you died all alone. Richard observed the storm of activity swirling around him with an odd sense of detachment. Not far off, a rooster crowed into the still air, as if this were an ordinary morning like any other. They tried to be as gentle as possible, but they never dared to slow. She misunderstood and instead urged the men carrying him to hurry, even though they were already panting with the effort of bearing him over the rocky ground in the deep shade among the towering pines. He clutched theĪrm of the woman beside him, desperate to get them to stop, to get them to listen. Richard struggled to put voice to his burning concern, but he couldn't form the words, couldn't get out any more than a gasping moan. It was all he could do to try to draw each crucial breath. ![]() The crushing pain in the left side of his chest and his need for air had him at the ragged edge of panic. He knew that he knew them, but right then it just didn't seem to matter. ![]() As Richard fought to focus his mind on his need to remain conscious, the breathless voices sounded to him as if they were coming from some great dim distance. "Most of it, I'm afraid," a second woman said as they both rushed along beside him. ![]() TT X Xow much of this blood is his?" a woman asked. ISBN 3-2 (regular edition) EAN 978-0765-30523-7 (regular edition) ISBN 7-3 (limited edition) EAN 978-0765-31307-2 (limited edition) First Edition: January 2005 Printed in the United States of America 0987654321 To Vincent Cascella, a man of inspirational intellect, wit, strength, and courage and a friend who is always there for me CHAINFIRE C Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden Map by Terry Goodkind A Tor Book Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010 Tor* is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. CHATNFIRE Copyright © 2005 by Terry GoodkindĪll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously. A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK NEW YORK This is a work of fiction. ![]()
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