"L. Neil Smith - Forge of the Elders" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith L. Neil)

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ISBN: 0-671-31982-5


Cover art by Bob Eggleton


First paperback printing, April 2001


Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Number 99-086216


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My personal thanks to Mr. Frank Harris at Kahr Arms, 630 Route 303, Blauvelt, NY 10913—and to
Tom Creasing, my friend and attorney, who made it all happen—for their invaluable aid in making
make-believe a little more real. Also, the lyrics at the top of Chapter Forty-Four are from the folk song
"Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase" as sung and played by Uncle Dave Macon.




BOOK I: FIRST TIME THE
CHARM
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, with affection and
admiration, to the memory of Karl Hess, who wields the
Hammer of Volund at the Forge of Liberty.