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    The Stolen Throne
    The Stolen Throne
    The Stolen Throne
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    The Stolen Throne

    By Gary N. Hauger

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    After nearly 400 years ruling Avalon, the tyrannical dictates of King Oberon Maltraegar have come back to haunt him. There is unrest in the Faerie world and talk of open insurrection. Who can be trusted and who must be destroyed? The centuries long slumber of the giants has ended and the trolls are on the march. What devastating vengeance will they bring? In this first short story of The Hidden World the winds of change sweep through the world of the Fae. Avalon will never be the same.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary N. Hauger
    Release dateDec 20, 2013
    ISBN9781310900990
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    Gary N. Hauger

    Gary Hauger has been an avid fantasy reader since discovering Weis & Hickman’s DragonLance Chronicles at the age of fifteen. Throughout the years he met these and other authors and everyone was full of encouragment. Finally, at the tender age of forty, he has embarked on his Fantasy writing career with "The Hidden World" project. Gary has also written several screenplays in the Horror, Western, Sci-Fi, and Detective Drama genres. Recently, he has also co-written a full length sci-fi novel called “FutureCast” under the pen name Andrew J. Laurette which is available for Kindle and in Trade paperback at Amazon.com.

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      The Stolen Throne - Gary N. Hauger

      The Stolen

      Throne

      A Novelette of the Hidden World

      By: Gary N. Hauger

      Revised Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Gary N. Hauger

      Cover Art Copyright Can Stock Photo Inc./Digitalstudio

      Interior Celtic Knot artwork Copyright Can Stock Photo Inc. / tanik

      Cover Design by Robert J. LeBlanc

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ~Dedication~

      For my son Greggory

      in hopes that he will make

      all his dreams come true.

      Table of Contents

      Part One

      Part Two

      Part Three

      Pact with the Wood Witch Preview

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Author Links

      Part One

      The rolling hills outside the window of the royal coach passed uneventfully as the caravan rode on toward the Parvimyhr notch. The road, although well traveled, was not smooth. The coach’s passengers, Queen Titania and her handmaiden Isendra, bounced along toward their destination on the far side of the Western mountains of Avalon. Fortunately, a gentle rain had fallen the night before and kept the road dust to a minimum.

      This is intolerable, your Majesty.

      It is merely the price we pay for having a broad domain, the Queen said demurely. However, I do believe I will need to discuss improvements when next I speak with my husband.

      Most grateful, ma’am.

      The handmaiden tried to return to her cross stitch and managed merely to skewer her pale finger with the carved ivory needle. A tiny drop of blood marred the carefully ordered stitching and she set it aside with a huff.

      We’ll be stopping to rest the horses soon, Ise. I think we’ll take a little walk and get some air.

      Yes, your majesty.

      The young raven haired elf looked out the window, and then back to her mistress. She admired the Queen’s strength and composure. It only made sense though that the Queen would be a sturdy woman and unflappable. Titania, who gazed out the window herself, was a Huldra; a type of rare Troll famed for their beauty and nearly indistinguishable from an Elven woman save the cow’s tail that emerged from the base of her spine. She had been raised in the forests, where the hills they were passing through, met the western mountains. Huldra lived in small nomadic bands that ranged from the northern tip of the range all the way to the coast to the far south and generally lived peaceably off the land.

      When the unification forces swept through the foothills following the sealing of Khadagar, many of the young Huldra, resentful of the army’s rampant destruction, rose in rebellion. Encouraged by the more savage trolls from the northern plains, the Huldra did not submit to rule by elves easily. Several battles were fought amidst the previously peaceful forests Titania had called home. Beaten and broken, the trolls finally surrendered. As part of the treaty the daughter of the high chief of the Huldra was given to the conquering elf lord, Oberon, as his bride.

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