table of contents prologue : the seventh child chapter one : nameless chapter two : summoned chapter three : the girl and the giant chapter four : the first ray of sunlight chapter five : the death watch chapter six : trust chapter seven : knowing death chapter eight : banelyn chapter nine : the path of light chapter ten : seek and ye shall find chapter eleven : the crucible chapter twelve : out of banelyn chapter thirteen : the most loyal friend chapter fourteen : what you use it for chapter fifteen : aftermath chapter sixteen : choices chapter seventeen : the lands of the kindred chapter eighteen : decision chapter nineteen : the chosen path chapter twenty : the pass of cartuom chapter twenty-one : aemons stand chapter twenty-two : the prince of oxen chapter twenty-three : aspect of strength epilogue : prophecies fulfilled glossary about the author prologue : the seventh child in the fourth month of the one thousand and twentieth year of the reign of the diamond empress of lucien , a son was born .