The Realms of the Gods (30 page)

Peter, James, Rich, Tim, and all the other wonderful people at Books of Wonder, still my favorite bookstore.

Jean Karl of Atheneum, who has borne with me during crazy times, and Howard Kaplan of Atheneum, for the work he's put in.

And, as always, my own personal family constellation: my husband Tim, who nurses me through my deadlines as I nurse him through his; Raquel, who at last sighting had submerged in nineteenth-century New York for
her
current book; Thomas, whose approach to artistic growth and experience always gives me guidance on staying young from the neck up; my sister Kim, who
rescues people and keeps them alive for a living; Pa and Ma, who teach me to age with Attitude; Melanie, Fred, and C. J., who share my love of animals; and the agents, accounting department, assistants, and receptionist of Harold Ober Associates, who do so much for this grateful ex-employee and client.

B
OOKS BY
T
AMORA
P
IERCE

Alanna: The First Adventure

In the Hand of the Goddess

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Lioness Rampant

Wild Magic

Wolf-Speaker

Emperor Mage

The Realms of the Gods

Atheneum Books for Young Readers
An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
www.SimonandSchuster.com

Text copyright © 1996 by Tamora Pierce
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

Book design by Michael Nelson

The text of this book is set in Cochin.

First Edition

ISBN: 978-1-4169-0817-3 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pierce, Tamora.
The realms of the gods / Tamora Pierce.—1st ed.
p. cm.—(The immortals)
“A Jean Karl book.”

Summary: This conclusion to the three previous books about Daine and her wild magic solves many of her problems and hints at the love that lies in her future.
ISBN 0-689-31990-8
[1. Fantasy. 2. Human-animal communication—Fiction. 3. Supernatural—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series: Pierce, Tamora. Immortals.
PZ7.P61464Re 1996
[Fic]—dc20 95-52193