Joel Rosenberg - 04 - The Heir Apparent

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The Heir Apparent

Joel Rosenberg

Book Four of the Guardians of the Flame

CONTENTS

Dramatis Personae

1 His Imperial Majesty

2 Before

3 Homecoming

4 Home

5 Judgement Day

6 "A Little Bird Told Me..."

7 A Walk in the Dark

8 The Best-Laid Plans...

9 Jason Cullinane

10 Decisions

11 Jason, Alone

12 An Acquaintance Renewed

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A Rumor of War
"Before dark..."
"I Like Jason..."
The Council of Barons
Cowboy
After the Council of Barons
Decisions
Pandathaway
Ahrmin
Return to Pandathaway
"Not Twice..."
Ehvenor
"Ta Havath, Jason"
The Butcher
The Hunters
The Cutting Edge
Profession
The Heir Apparent
Epilogue
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Karl Cullinane—Prince of Bieme and Emperor of Holtun-Bieme

Andrea Andropolous Cullinane—wizard, teacher, Princess of Bieme and Empress of Holtun-Bieme, Karl

Cullinane's wife

Tennetty—warrior, Karl Cullinane's bodyguard

Ellegon—a young dragon

Garavar—general of the House Guard

Arrifezh, Baron Arondael

Thomen, Baron Furnael—Biemish baron; judge

Beralyn, Dowager Baroness of Furnael—Thomen Furnael's mother

Enrel—Thomen's bailiff

Vilmar, Baron Nerahan—Holtish baron

Kevalun—Biemish general, military governor of barony Nerahan

Ranella—master engineer

Nartham—soldier of the House Guard

Aravam, Bibuz—journeyman engineers

Kethol, Pirojil, Durine—warriors of the House Guard

U'len—chief cook at Biemestren castle

Jimuth and Kozat—U'len's assistants

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Jayar—senior journeyman engineer; engineer duty officer at Biemestren Castle

Garthe, Gashier, Danagar—three of Garavar's sons, soldiers

Hivar—Furnael family retainer

Ahira Bandylegs—dwarf warrior

Walter Slovotsky—part-time farming consultant to King Maherrelen, part-time warrior, full-time

smartass

Geveren—dwarf soldier fealty-bound to Maherrelen, assigned to Walter Slovotsky and Ahira

Arthur Simpson Deighton / Arta Myrdkyn—lecturer in philosophy, master wizard

Jason Cullinane—Karl and Andrea Cullinane's son

Louis Riccetti—mayor of Home, the Engineer

Bast—Home resident, journeyman engineer

Petros—Home resident, farmer, deputy mayor

Daherrin—dwarf warrior, Home raiding-team leader

Valeran—semiretired soldier in the service of the Cullinane family; Jason's teacher

Bren, Baron Adahan

Aeia Eriksen Cullinane—Karl and Andrea Cullinane's adopted daughter, part-time teacher

Samalyn, Danerel, Mikyn—warriors on Daherrin's raiding team

Artum, Habel—Wehnest soldiers

Vator—Wehnest hostler

Falikos—rancher

Kyreen, Ceenan—drovers from Wehnest, employed by Falikos

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CHAPTER ONE:

His Imperial Majesty

A cardinal virtue—perhaps the cardinal virtue—of hereditary rule is that you may—may—get a

reluctant ruler. The trouble with the usurper is that he usually wanted the job. I said usually; I'm an

exception.

Wanting to rule—as opposed to being willing to govern —is clear evidence of a diseased mind; the only

person who should be allowed to make decisions for anybody else ought to be someone who doesn't want

the job.

Note: Pretended reluctance to rule isn't an effective substitute.

Additional note: Not wanting the job isn't a sufficient qualification, just a necessary one.

Short form of the above: Life can be a real bitch.

—Karl Cullinane

Baron, you're an asshole, Karl Cullinane thought as he approached the keep, crawling on his belly

through the tall grasses.

If Baron Arondael was going to try to explore the possibility of rebelling against his prince and emperor,

at least he could have had the goddam consideration to have his goddam groundskeepers mow the

goddam lawn so that the goddam prince and emperor couldn't quietly sneak up on him, thereby forcing

said goddam prince and emperor to come up with some plan either more straightforward or more devious

than creeping through the goddam grass on his goddam hands and knees.

He paused for a moment and rose to his knees to rub at the stubs that were all that remained of the three

outermost fingers of his left hand. After all these years, he had gotten used to managing with thumb and

forefinger; he rarely missed them—

*Matter of fact, you can count in base seven better than anyone else I know.*

—but grass made the stumps itch.

Baron, you are going to pay for my itching stumps.

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