The Starkin Crown
Authors: Kate Forsyth
Contents
Chapter 5: The Door to the Underworld
Chapter 10: The Storm King's Spear
Chapter 12: Fallen to the Blade
Chapter 16: The Marsh King's Daughter
Chapter 19: The Story of Old Grim
Chapter 20: Attack from the Air
Chapter 22: A Toast to Success
Kate Forsyth is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty books for children and adults, including
The Puzzle Ring, The Gypsy Crown, The Starthorn Tree
and
Dragon Gold.
Since her first published book was named a Best First Novel of 1998 by
Locus
magazine, Kate has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including a Cybil Award in the US. In 2007, Kate became the first author to win five Aurealis awards in a single year when Books 2â6 in the Chain of Charms series were jointly awarded the 2007 Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction. Book 5,
The Lightning Bolt
, was also named a Notable Book for 2007 by the Children's Book Council of Australia.
Kate lives by the sea in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and three children, and many thousands of books.
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ALSO BY KATE FORSYTH
The Starthorn Tree
The Wildkin's Curse
The Puzzle Ring
The Chain of Charms series:
The Gypsy Crown
The Silver Horse
The Herb of Grace
The Cat's Eye Shell
The Lightning Bolt
The Butterfly in Amber
ALSO BY KATE FORSYTH
AND ILLUSTRATED BY MITCH VANE
Ben and Tim's Magical Misadventures:
Dragon Gold
Wishing for Trouble
Sea Magic
ALSO BY KATE FORSYTH
AND ILLUSTRATED BY ROSALIE STREET
I Am
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Forsyth, Kate, 1966â
The starkin crown / Kate Forsyth.
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For children.
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For my own bold adventurers,
Ben, Tim and Ella
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The Prophecy
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Three times a babe shall be born,
between star-crowned and iron-bound.
First, the sower of seeds, the soothsayer,
though lame, he must travel far.
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Next shall be the king-breaker, the king-maker,
though broken himself he shall be.
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Last, the smallest and the greatestâ
in him, the blood of wise and wild,
farseeing ones and starseeing ones.
Though he must be lost before he can find,
though, before he sees, he must be blind,
if he can find and if he can see,
the true king of all he shall be
.
Royal Family of Ziva
Royal Family of the Stormlinn
Characters
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At Stormlinn Castle, the stronghold of the wildkin in the Perilous Forest
P
RINCE
P
EREGRINE
(also called Robin)âaged 15
J
ACK
, Peregrine's squire and royal tasterâaged 16
L
ADY
G
RIZELDA
of Zavariaâaged 15
K
ING
M
ERRIK
, Peregrine's father and rightful ruler of Ziva
Q
UEEN
L
ILIANA
, Peregrine's mother and queen-consort
L
ORD
Z
EDRIN
, the king's third cousin and best friend
R
OZALINA
, the Erlqueen of the Stormlinn and Queen Liliana's cousin
S
IR
M
EDWIN
, the royal tutor
S
TIGA
, an old servant
P
ALILA
, a healer and one of the Crafty
T
OM
-T
IT
-T
OT
, an omen-imp
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The Merry Men, the prince's bodyguards
L
ORD
M
ONTGOMERY
L
ORD
L
EIGHTON
L
ORD
H
ARTMANN
L
ORD
M
URRAY
L
ORD
B
AILEY
L
ORD
G
ILBERT
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At the Isle of Eels, stronghold of the Marsh King
L
ORD
P
ERCIVAL
, Lord of the Marshes
M
OLLY
, his daughterâaged 15
N
AN
, his mother
H
AL
, H
ANK
, F
RED
, F
RANK
, B
ILL
, B
OB
, W
ILL
, W
AT
, G
US
, G
ED,
T
Y
and T
ED
: fen-men
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At Swartburg Castle, the stronghold of the starkin in Zavaria
V
ERNISHA
, the pretender-queen
L
ORD
G
OLDWIN
Lords and ladies of the starkin court
Starkin soldiers
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Other members of the royal family
M
AGLEN
, King Merrik's mother (called Mags)
B
RIONY
, Queen Liliana's aunt, Erlrune of the Evenlinn
L
ORD
P
EDRIN
, Lord Zedrin's father
L
ADY
L
ISANDRE
, Lord Zedrin's mother
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minuteâ
What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Goethe,
Faust
HAPTER
1
A Messenger
