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Book Information:
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Author: Greg Keyes
Name: The Charnel Prince
Series: Book two of “Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone”
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The Charnel Prince
Book Two of “Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone”
By Greg Keyes

PROLOGUE
Had laybyd hw loygwn eyl

Nhag Heybeywr, ayg nhoygwr niwoyd.

The Forest speaks with many tongues Listen well but never answer.

—Nhuwd nhy Whad proverb, given as a warning to young children

I HEAR A noise,“ Martyn murmured, reining in his dappled gray stallion. ”It is an unnatural sound.“ The
monk’s predatory blue eyes strained, as if trying to burn through the huge-girthed ironoaks and rocky slopes
of the King’s Forest. Ehawk could see by the set of the man’s shoulders beneath his bloodred robe that
every muscle in his body was tensed.

“No doubt,” Sir Oneu replied jovially. “This forest chatters like a woman who is half-mad with love.”

But despite his tone, Sir Oneu’s black eyes were serious when he turned to speak to Ehawk. As always,
Ehawk was surprised by the older man’s face—soft and tapered it was, the corners of his eyes crin-

kled by fifty years of laughter. The knight hardly seemed to fit his reputation as a fierce warrior.

“What do you say, m‘ lad?” Oneu asked.