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contents

Prologue

Space and Time

Chapter 1

Pursued

Chapter 2

Ascension

Chapter 3

Shotgun

Chapter 4

Reunion

Chapter 5

Putting the Pieces Together

Chapter 6

Vaishno Devi Shrine

Chapter 7

Destiny

Chapter 8

A Farewell

Chapter 9

Voices of the Departed

Chapter 10

The Birth of Durga

Chapter 11

Pledged

Chapter 12

Guise

Chapter 13

Barren Island

Chapter 14

Phoenix

Chapter 15

Sati Wife

Chapter 16

Firefruit

Chapter 17

The Cave of Sleep and Death

Chapter 18

Rakshasa

Chapter 19

Qilin

Chapter 20

Bodha—City of Light

Chapter 21

Lords of the Flame

Chapter 22

The Heat of Battle

Chapter 23

Chimera

Chapter 24

A New World

Chapter 25

Sibling Rivalry

Chapter 26

Allies

Chapter 27

War

Chapter 28

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Chapter 29

Defeating Mahishasur

Chapter 30

Amulet United

Chapter 31

Trading Places

Chapter 32

Promises

Chapter 33

Futami Rope

Epilogue

Rising Generation

Tiger’s Destiny

by
COLLEEN HOUCK

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© 2012 by Colleen Houck

All rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.

ISBN 978-1-4027-9844-3

Designed by Katrina Damkoehler

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Houck, Colleen.

Tiger’s destiny / by Colleen Houck.

    p. cm. -- (Tiger’s curse ; 4)

Summary: kelsey, Ren, and kishan race against time and the evil sorcerer lokesh on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as they seek Durga’s final gift, the Rope of Fire, that will finally break the tiger’s curse.

ISBN 978-1-4027-9843-6 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-4027-9844-3 (ebook) [1. Tiger-Fiction. 2. Blessing and cursing--Fiction. 3. Amnesia--Fiction. 4. Dating (Social customs)--Fiction. 5. Immortality--Fiction. 6. orphans--Fiction. 7. Andaman and nicobar Islands (India)--Fiction. 8. India--Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.H81143Tij 2012

[Fic]--dc23

2012011392

For information about custom editions, special sales, and premium and corporate purchases, please contact Sterling Special Sales at 800-805-5489 or [email protected].

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For my brother Jared and his wife, Suki,
who provide fan support, tech support
battle-scene support, moral support,
and, most important,
keeping-it-fun support

rising phoenix

By Colleen Houck

Does Rising Phoenix know his fate?
He’s born, grows strong, and learns to fy.
He builds a nest and seeks a mate,
He sleeps and thirsts and hunts the sky.

Does he know his future blazes?
A quelling flame will take his life?
When purging heat the pyre raises,
Consuming all his earthly strife?

Does stinging dread seep through his breast?
Does he regret past choices made?
Does heartbreak stir his feather’d crest?
Does he perceive the price he’s paid?

Exquisite once, his body burns
As he cries out in pain and fear.
Charred and black his feathers turn,
Conceding life, he sheds a tear.

From death so dire, another soul
Emerges new to take his place.
With destiny and purpose whole
A glorious dawn begins apace!

Does Rising Phoenix thank his sire
For embers black that gave him birth?
Does he too know his fate is fire?
Can he enjoy his time on Earth?

PROLOGUE

space and time

A
ll at once, they were lost, swirling through the inky black whirlwind of time. Seconds passed. Eons passed. Molecules shifted and stirred. Then, a light pierced the cosmic dust and just as suddenly, a wave of understanding washed over him.

Through trial and error, he had learned how to control the vortex and skip through the years. If he ran too fast, he entered an unknown future. If he stepped back in haste, the world ceased to exist. Time required a delicate hand, an exacting touch. At first he bounced roughly through millennia, like a smooth stone skipping on a lake. But soon he moved in a dance with the cosmos, practicing the steps that would take him to the places he needed to see.

He scanned the centuries as if they were books in a library. When he was finished, he knew his place in the universe and how to best serve those he loved.

Sensing she was ready, he smiled and squeezed her hand. Then he gathered her close and shifted them between the stars, moving them to the beginning of the end and the end that would lead to a beginning.

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