Back when he was just Lon Kardl, before he knew he was the crown prince of anywhere, he'd had a pretty good life, all things considered. No, he and his stepfather hadn't gotten along very well, so he'd had to learn how to take punishment. Yes, he'd had his troubles in school, so he'd had to know how to fight. But it was good he'd learned those things, wasn't it? Because the Old Court was a bad place for a boy, just turned fifteen, who looked older than his age. He was going to have to fight--he was going to have to win that fight--if he wanted to get out of the trouble he was in now.

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Mary Patterson Thornburg's dream was always to write fantasy stories and novels, but what with one thing and another she didn't get started until she and her husband moved west in 1998. When she'd finished her first story and it was published, she took off running and never looked back. She is currently in Montana, writing as fast as she can.