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Dragon Bones

by Patricia Briggs · 2002

PLAYING THE FOOL Most everyone thinks Ward of Hurog is a simple-minded fool--and that's just fine by him. But few people know that his foolishness is [very convincingly] feigned. And that it's all that's saved him from… more

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Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.
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It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.
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Being a martyr is highly overrated.
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I can't protect you from knowledge.
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Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present.
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This world has need of song and sword.
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You have to acknowledge evil, or you give it too much power over you.
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I think it's the eyes. No one expects brilliance out of a man with eyelashes like that.
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We brought death to our enemies, and I loved the power of it. And that final love, one I shared with my father, frightened me more than any battle ever could.
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When you turn something into stone, you take out the moisture that makes most of the bulk of flesh. A really good mage could turn you into a pebble," said the really good mage before me.
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Fifty men will accompany you, fighting under your command." "I can't take them,' said Beckram. "Haverness only has leave for a hundred men. I believe I'm the eighty-fifth." "You'll take them," said Duraugh, standing up. "The Blue Guard's mottos is 'We fight as one." You will only be one.
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A really good mage could turn you into a pebble," said the really good mage before me.

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PLAYING THE FOOL

Most everyone thinks Ward of Hurog is a simple-minded fool--and that's just fine by him. But few people know that his foolishness is [very convincingly] feigned. And that it's all that's saved him from death at the hands of his abusive father, who's always seen Ward as a bitter rival for power.

When his father dies, Ward becomes the new lord of Hurog... until a nobleman declares that he is too dim-witted to rule. Ward knows he cannot play the fool any longer. To regain his kingdom, he must prone himself worthy--and quickly.

Riding into a war that’s heating up on the border, Ward is sure he’s on the fast track to glory. But soon his mission takes a deadly serious turn. For he has seen a pile of magical dragon bones hidden deep beneath Hurog Keep. The bones can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and Ward is certain his enemies will stop at nothing to possess them...

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First published
2002
Genre
Fantasy
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4.07 (12k ratings)

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