for the king kiera carpenter for the king text 2015 kiera carpenter cover art 2015 kiera carpenter cover font by roland huse all rights reserved contents title page copyright page dedication prologue they left me breathing one the day life begins two dueling in the dawn three the familiar stranger four a war is approaching five perpetua six the firelight dance seven the fort eight the boy on the roof nine morning mayhem ten fighting in the flames eleven berwyns tale twelve the ocran outlaw thirteen let me do this fourteen the first day fifteen i thought he was dead sixteen adira resurrected seventeen the only way eighteen oldest friend nineteen a moonlit farewell twenty the statue above the sea twenty-one what happened that day twenty-two do you swear twenty-three the letter about the author this book is dedicated to my king , from whom all blessings flow .