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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles — September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

The Course of Empire by K. D. Wentworth

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Also by K. D. Wentworth:

Seeds Of Change, September 2008
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The Course of Empire, March 2005
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1638: The Sovereign States, September 2023
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1636: The Atlantic Encounter, August 2020
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Ring of Fire II, January 2008
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1634: The Ram Rebellion (The Ring of Fire), December 2007
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Grantville Gazette II (The Ring of Fire), November 2007
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1634: The Bavarian Crisis (The Ring of Fire), October 2007
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1634: The Baltic War, May 2007
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Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, August 2006
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Trouble with Aliens, August 2006
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1634: The Galileo Affair, July 2006
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Fortune's Stroke, June 2006
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Destiny's Shield, June 2006
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1634: The Ram Rebellion, April 2006
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Boundary, March 2006
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The Dance of Time, February 2006
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Wizard of Karres, December 2005
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Ring of Fire, October 2005
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This Rough Magic, May 2005
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Crown of Slaves, March 2005
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The Course of Empire, March 2005
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Mountain Magic, October 2004
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The Warmasters, April 2004
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The Shadow Of The Lion, September 2003
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The Tyrant, September 2003
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Forward the Mage, August 2003
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1633, July 2003
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Pyramid Scheme, February 2003
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Tide of Victory, October 2002
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Philosophical Strangler, March 2002
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Rats, Bats & Vats, August 2001
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1632, February 2001
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In the Heart of Darkness, August 1998
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An Oblique Approach, July 1998
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Mother of Demons, September 1997
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THE COURSE OF EMPIRE
By: K. D. Wentworth, Eric Flint

Baen
March 2005
664 pages
ISBN: 0743498933
Paperback (reprint)
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Fantasy | Science Fiction

Conquered by the Jao twenty years ago, the Earth is shackled under alien tyranny - and threatened by the even more dangerous Ekhat, who are sending a genocidal extermination fleet to the solar system. Humanity's only chance rests with an unusual pair of allies: a young Jao prince, newly arrived to Terra to assume his duties, and a young human woman brought up amongst the Jao occupiers. But both are under pressure from the opposing forces - a cruel Jao viceroy on one side, determined to drown all opposition in blood; a reckless human resistance on the other, perfectly prepared to shed it. Added to the mix is the fact that only by adopting some portions of human technology and using human sepoy troops can the haughty Jao hope to defeat the oncoming Ekhat attack - and then only by fighting the battle within the Sun itself.

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