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1 Rage of a Demon King
Raymond E. Feist was born and raised in Southern
California. He was educated at the University of
California, San Diego, where he graduated with
honours in Communication Arts. He is the author of
the bestselling and critically acdaiined Riftwar Saga
(Magician, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon),
Prince of the Blood, Faerie Tale and The King's
Buccaneer and is co-author (with Janny Wurts) of
Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire and
Mistress of the Empire. Feist fives with his wife,
novelist Kathlyn Starbuck, and two children, in
Rancho Santa Fe, California.

ALSO BY RAYMOND E. FEIST

Magician
silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon

Faerie Tale

Prince of the Blood
The King's Buccaneer

Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rise of a Merchant Prince

WITH JANNY WURTS:

Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
mistress of the Empire

FVo y-a g-e-rl

MOND E. FEIST

Rage of a Demon King

Volume IH of the Serpentwar Saga

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For Stephen A. Abrams,
who knows more about Adkennia than I do

Acknowledgments

For reasons far too complex to detail, I am indebted to
the following people:
To Wilham Wright, Lou Aronica, and Mike Greenstein,
for bringing order out of chaos and getting the
program pointed in the right direction.
To Adrian Zackheirn, for getting me to Hearst Books,
Robert Mecoy, for keeping the inertia heading in the
right direction and being the world's most indefatigable
cheerleader; Liz Perle McKenna, for taking time from a
very busy schedule to keep a perplexed author informed;
and John Douglass, for some timely hand-holding. All
were my editors for a while during that chaos.
To Jenifer Breh...

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