The Diamond Throne. David Eddings

      

      DAVID EDDINGS

      The Diamond Throne

      The Elenium

      BOOK ONE

Copyright

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      Previously published in paperback by Grafton 1990

       and by HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy 1993, 1995, 2005.

      First published in Great Britain by Grafton 1989

      Copyright © David Eddings 1989

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      Source ISBN: 9780007578979

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Dedication

      For Eleanor and for Ralph,

      For courage and for faith.

      Trust me.

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Map

Dedication

Prologue

Part One: Cimmura

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Part Two: Chyrellos

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Part Three: Dabour

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

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       About the Author

       Also by David Eddings

       About the Publisher

Prologue

      Ghwerig and the Bhelliom – From the Legends of the Troll-Gods

      At the dawn of time, long before the ancestors of Styricum slouched, fur-clad and club-wielding, out of the mountains and forests of Zemoch onto the