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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Royal Family of Ziva

Royal Family of the Stormlinn

Characters

Map of Ziva

Chapter 1: A Messenger

Chapter 2: The Yuletide Feast

Chapter 3: The Oak King

Chapter 4: Child of Storm

Chapter 5: The Door to the Underworld

Chapter 6: The Escape

Chapter 7: The Ambush

Chapter 8: Lightning Attack

Chapter 9: Lost

Chapter 10: The Storm King's Spear

Chapter 11: Nightmare

Chapter 12: Fallen to the Blade

Chapter 13: Vernisha the Vile

Chapter 14: Into the Bog

Chapter 15: The Marsh King

Chapter 16: The Marsh King's Daughter

Chapter 17: Eel Stew

Chapter 18: Tongue of Flame

Chapter 19: The Story of Old Grim

Chapter 20: Attack from the Air

Chapter 21: The Seal Ring

Chapter 22: A Toast to Success

Chapter 23: Blind Boy

Chapter 24: Corpse Candles

Chapter 25: Lord Grim

Chapter 26: The Gallows

Chapter 27: The Starkin Crown

Chapter 28: Twelfth Night

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 2–6 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.

 

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

First published 2011 in Pan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
1 Market Street, Sydney

Copyright © Kate Forsyth 2011

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any person or entity (including Google, Amazon or similar organisations), in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Forsyth, Kate, 1966–

The starkin crown / Kate Forsyth.

9780330404044 (pbk.)

For children.

A823.3

Map by Jeremy Reston
Typeset in 11.5/15 pt Minion by Midland Typesetters, Australia
Printed in Australia by McPherson's Printing Group

Papers used by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.

These electronic editions published in 2011 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
1 Market Street, Sydney 2000

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

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For my own bold adventurers,
Ben, Tim and Ella

 

The Prophecy

 

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.

 

Next shall be the king-breaker, the king-maker,
though broken himself he shall be.

 

Last, the smallest and the greatest—
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

 

At Stormlinn Castle, the stronghold of the wildkin in the Perilous Forest

P
RINCE
P
EREGRINE
(also called Robin)—aged 15

J
ACK
, Peregrine's squire and royal taster—aged 16

L
ADY
G
RIZELDA
of Zavaria—aged 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

 

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

 

At the Isle of Eels, stronghold of the Marsh King

L
ORD
P
ERCIVAL
, Lord of the Marshes

M
OLLY
, his daughter—aged 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

 

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

 

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 minute—
What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Goethe,
Faust

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HAPTER
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A Messenger
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