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Curse
of the
Spider King

Other Books by
. . .

WAYNE THOMAS BATSON

The Door Within Trilogy

The Door Within
The Rise of the Wyrm Lord
The Final Storm

Pirate Adventures

Isle of Swords
Isle of Fire

CHRISTOPHER HOPPER

The White Lion Chronicles (series)

Rise of the Dibor
The Lion Vrie

Curse
of the
Spider King

By WAYNE THOMAS BATSON
and CHRISTOPHER HOPPER

To those in hiding, lost far from the Light
Swift wings are summoned to bear you safely home.

© 2009 by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning or other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Scripture references are from The King James Version of the Holy Bible.

Thomas Nelson, Inc., titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fundraising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ ThomasNelson.com.

Characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Page design by Mandi Cofer.

Library of Congress Control number: 2009026149.

Full cataloging-in-publication Data available online at the Library of Congress Web site: www.loc.gov.

ISBN 978-1-4003-1505-5

Printed in the United States of America

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contents

Principal Cast

Principal Locations

1 Eight-Hundred-Year Echoes

2 A Surprise Gift

3 Blue Girl

4 Manifest Destiny

5 Red Dusk

6 The Fall of Berinfell

7 Curious Customers

8 Geographical Anomaly

9 Lighting the Blue Beacons

10 Leaving the Sunlight

11 Lifeflight

12 Mr. Miracle

13 The Cave

14 Battle at the Tree Gate

15 Eency Weency Spider

16 The Tartan and Tiger

17 Stolen Thoughts

18 Elfkind

19 Off Target

20 Falcon Day

21 Unstoppable Force

22 Foresight

23 Cast into the Night

24 A Dark Cascade

25 Fire of the Dead

26 Ringing of the Bells

27 A Dangerous Read

28 Taken

29 Rumor of Evil

30 Identity Crisis

31 Gravity

32 In the Shadow of Madness

33 No Exit

34 When the Music Calls

35 Rags to Royalty

36 Dalhousie Castle

37 Deadly Proof

38 Convergence

39 When Darkness Falls

40 Nowhere to Hide

41 Kinship

42 Crescendo

43 Help from Above

44 The Ruins

45 A Poison Splinter

Acknowledgments

Excerpt from The Berinfell Prophecies Book Two

About the Authors

Principal Cast

Allyran Elves:
All Elves who live in Allyra.

Tommy Bowman:
Curly-haired seventh grader at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Seabrook, Maryland.

Autumn Briarman:
Petite, blond seventh grader who lives outside Depauville in upstate New York. Sister of Johnny Briarman.

Johnny Briarman:
Burly seventh-grade student who lives outside Depauville in upstate New York. Brother of Autumn Briarman.

Annelle “Nelly” Brookeheart:
Gift-giving owner of A Likely Story Book Shoppe in Depauville, New York.

Flet Marshall Brynn:
Second-highest-ranking Elf military officer.

Mr. Charlie:
The custodian at Thurgood Marshall Middle School.

Children of the Light:
The ancient name of Allyran Elves.

Cragons:
The monstrous black trees of Vesper Crag.

Dreadnaughts:
Elite warrior Elves who practice Vexbane, a profoundly effective form of combat.

Drefids:
The Spider King's ghoulish assassins; Drefids have four deadly claws that extend from the knuckles of each hand.

Elves:
One of the ancient races of Allyra; Elves are known for their books of prophecy and their woodcraft.

Anna Rosario Delarosa Espinosa:
The Simonson family's new housekeeper, who picks up Kat from school.

Miss Finney:
Lochgilphead school's new reading teacher and part-time librarian.

Sarron Froth:
One of the brutal and bloodthirsty Drefid assassins for the Spider King.

Eldera “Elle” Galdarro:
The mysterious librarian at Thurgood Marshall Middle School.

Jett Green:
Seventh grader in Greenville, North Carolina. Rides motocross bikes and plays football.

James “Jimmy” Lewis Gresham:
Redheaded seventh grader who lives in Ardfern, Scotland. Lived in an orphanage until he was adopted at six years old.

Guardmaster Olin Grimwarden:
Commander of the military forces of the Elves and their allies.

Gwars:
One of the ancient races of Allyra; Gwar are known for their brutish strength and their affinity for spiders.

Cathar Indrook:
Gwar field commander.

Varuin Khelgast (Vair-ooh-in Kell-ghast):
The Gwar overlord.

Lyrian Elves:
A very strong race of Elves. They are dark skinned and have violet-colored eyes.

Regis McAuliffe:
Gresham family friend, who works at a local ul.

Mobius:
The Spider King's most decorated Drefid assassin.

Mr. Ogelvie:
Jimmy Gresham's new neighbor.

Mr. Phitzsinger:
Physical education teacher at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Seabrook, Maryland.

Edward Rengfellow:
A tour guide for Dalhousie Castle.

Sentinels:
They are very wise, very traditional Elves who are rumored to still follow the “Old Ways.”

Mrs. Sherman:
Kiri Lee's chaperone in Scotland.

Kat Simonson:
A seventh grader in North Hollywood, California; she has polycythemia vera, a condition that gives her skin a bluish color.

Sophie:
Kiri Lee's friend; she is an art prodigy.

Mr. James Spero:
English teacher at Jett Green's school in Greenville, North Carolina.

The Spider King:
The ruler of all Gwar, who harbor an ancient grudge against the Elves. Lives in Vesper Crag.

Vendar Stonebreaker:
Berinfell's third flet marshall, superior to all in command except the Guardmaster and Flet Marshall Brynn.

Sir Travin:
Clever warrior for the Elves.

Tyrith (Tier-ith):
The Drefid's high commander.

Mr. Charles Wallace:
Kat's American history teacher.

Warspiders:
Spiders that are so large they can be ridden like horses; red Warspiders have lethal venom.

Wisps:
Enemies of old. Vapor-beings, shape shifters.

Aaron Rothchild Worthington:
Wealthy seventh grader in Tommy's school. Lives in Tommy's neighborhood.

Kiri Lee Yuen:
Seventh grader in Paris, France. Musical prodigy.

Principal Locations

ALLYRA

The world where the Elves, Gwar, and Spider King reside.
Locations on Allyra include:

Berinfell

The capital of the Elves, who once resided across
the many continents of Allyra

The Forest Gate

The western gate to enter Berinfell

The Gap Gate

The eastern gate to enter Berinfell

The Garden Gate

The southern gate to enter Berinfell

The Tree gate

The northern gate to enter Berinfell

The Great Hall

The throne room and master chamber
of the Seven Elven Lords of Berinfell

Moonlit Crown

A secret place known only to the Elves, where the Sentinels
and other Elves who follow the “old ways” meet

Nightwish Caverns

A vast network of caverns beneath the Thousand-League Forest,
used as an emergency home by the Elves of Berinfell

Red Coast

Allyra's tempestuous coast

Vesper Crag

Volcanic home of the Spider King and his minions

Whitehall Castle

Ancient training facility for the Elves,
far to the northwest of Berinfell

EARTH

The world where the humans reside.
Locations on Earth include:

Ardfern, Scotland
Dalhousie Castle, Scotland
Depauville, New York, USA
Edinburg, Scotland
Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Lochgilphead, Scotland
North Hollywood, California, USA
Paris, France
Seabrook, Maryland, USA

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