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MARTHA WELLS

WHEEL OF THE INFINITE
An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers




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To Kimberley Rector, for being there
 WHEEL OF THE INFINITE



Chapter 1
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Maskelle had been asking the Ancestors to stop the rain three days running now and, as usual, they
weren’t listening.
She stood on a little hill, surrounded by the heavy jungle that lined either side of the river of mud that
had once been the road, and watched the wagons crawl painfully by. They were wooden and brightly
painted, but the roofs hadn’t been tarred in too long and she knew it was hardly any drier inside them
than out. One of the oxen, straining to keep the wheels moving forward against the tide of mud, moaned
loudly. I sympathize, Maskelle thought.
Rastim, leader of the little troupe, stumbled up the hill toward her, his boots squelching and his clothes
a sodden mess. He paused a short distance from her and said, “O Great Protectress, why is it we’re
going to Duvalpore?”