Table of Contents for Nest of Serpents

Cast Of Characters

xi

PART I THE CALM BEFORE

1

(90)

1 Take No Chances

3

(8)

2 A Simple Plan

11

(14)

3 The Vagabond Court

25

(12)

4 The Dead and the Buried

37

(11)

5 To Build an Army

48

(8)

6 Blackhand

56

(14)

7 The Hanging Tree

70

(10)

8 A Dangerous Thing

80

(11)

PART II DREAD AND DESPERATION

91

(64)

1 The War Machine

92

(10)

2 Into the Light

102

(12)

3 Cutting the Net

114

(6)

4 Help from the Heavens

120

(11)

5 The Unfinished Meal

131

(6)

6 Homecoming

137

(10)

7 A Bird in Hand

147

(8)

PART III TIDES OF TERROR

155

(116)

1 Cold Comfort

156

(11)

2 True Colors

167

(9)

3 The Hungry Child

176

(11)

4 Endgame

187

(11)

5 The Sharpest Teeth

198

(10)

6 The Best of Enemies

208

(10)

7 Constricted

218

(11)

8 Skirmish

229

(13)

9 The Good Redcloak

242

(13)

10 Dark Deeds

255

(16)

PART IV PAINFUL PATHS

271

(110)

1 Into the Woods

272

(9)

2 In Good Company

281

(8)

3 The Dyre Road

289

(12)

4 Barbed

301

(11)

5 Followed

312

(11)

6 Red Snow

323

(15)

7 Evening the Odds

338

(10)

8 The Camp of the White Bear

348

(14)

9 The Serpent Revealed

362

(9)

10 Common Ground

371

(10)

PART V THE GAME AND THE GAMBIT

381

(108)

1 The Wolf in Wylderman's Clothing

382

(13)

2 In the Shadow of the Strakenberg

395

(13)

3 An End to Running

408

(8)

4 Downpour

416

(10)

5 Snowstorm

426

(13)

6 Terror in the Treetops

439

(9)

7 Beneath the Ice

448

(10)

8 The Call of the Wolf

458

(9)

9 The Bone and the Bargain

467

(8)

10 Better Late Than Never

475

(14)

Epilogue: The Dymling Bridge

489