Tracing the Shadow (49 page)

CAST

T
HE
C
OLLEGE OF
T
HAUMATURGY AT
K
ARANTEC

Klervie de Maunoir/Celestine de Joyeuse

Hervé de Maunoir, a young magus

Maela, his wife

Kaspar Linnaius, an elder magus

Rieuk Mordiern, a student magus

Goustan de Rhuys, another magus

Magister Gonery, principal of the college

T
HE
S
EMINARY OF
S
AINT
A
RGANTEL AT
K
EMPER

Jagu de Rustéphan, a pupil

Paol de Lannion, Kilian Guyomard, Emilion, fellow pupils

Abbé Houardon, headmaster

Père Magloire, librarian and archivist

Père Albin, Jagu’s master

T
HE
F
RANCIAN
C
OMMANDERIE

Ruaud de Lanvaux

Alain Friard

Grand Maistre Donatien

Lieutenant Konan

Père Laorans

Philippe Viaud

Père Blaize

T
HE
C
ONVENT OF
S
AINT
A
ZILIA

Abbess Ermengarde

Sister Kinnie

Sister Noyale, the choir mistress

Rozenne, Katell, Koulmia, Gauzia, Angelique, Celestine’s fellow choristers

L
UTÈCE

Henri de Joyeuse, the choir master

Dame Elmire Sorel, Henri’s aunt

Aurélie Carnelian, diva

T
HE
F
RANCIAN
I
NQUISITION

Inquisitor Alois Visant

O
NDHESSAR

Imri Boldiszar

Lord Estael

Arkhan Sardion of Enhirre

Magus Aqil, Master of Poisons

Oranir, Aqil’s apprentice

T
HE
R
OYAL
H
OUSE OF
F
RANCIA

King Gobain II

Queen Aliénor

Crown Prince Aubrey

Prince Enguerrand

Princess Adèle

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SARAH ASH is the author of six previous fantasy novels:
Children of the Serpent Gate, Lord of Snow and Shadows, Prisoner of the Iron Tower, Moths to a Flame, Songspinners,
and
The Lost Child.
She also runs the library in a local primary school. Ash has two grown sons and lives in Beckenham, Kent, with her husband and their mad cat, Molly.

Also by Sarah Ash

LORD OF SNOW AND SHADOWS

Book One of the Tears of Artamon

PRISONER OF THE IRON TOWER

Book Two of the Tears of Artamon

CHILDREN OF THE SERPENT GATE

Book Three of the Tears of Artamon

TRACING THE SHADOW

A Bantam Spectra Book / February 2008

Published by Bantam Dell

A Division of Random House, Inc. New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved

Copyright © 2006 by Sarah Ash

Map copyright © 2007 by Neil Gower

Bantam Books, the rooster colophon, Spectra, and the portrayal of a boxed “s” are trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ash, Sarah.

Tracing the shadow / Sarah Ash.

p. cm.—(The alchymist’s legacy; bk. 1)

“A Bantam Spectra book.”

I. Title.

PS3601.S523T73 2008

813'.6—dc22

2007036284

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