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MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY’S of RAVENS AVALON Other books in this series Ancestors of Avalon Priestess of Avalon Lady of Avalon The Forest House The Mists of Avalon MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY’S of RAVENS AVALON Diana L. Paxson VIKING viking Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. • Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, En gland • Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) • Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camber- well, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) • Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rose- dale, North Shore 0745, Auckland, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, En gland First published in 2007 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright © The Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Trust and Diana L. Paxson, 2007 All rights reserved Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the au- thor’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. library of cong re s s catalog i ng in publication data Paxson, Diana L. Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ravens of Avalon / Diana L. Paxson. p. cm. ISBN: 1-4295-4202-0 1. Boadicea, Queen, d. 62—Fiction. 2. Druids and D ruidism—Fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—Roman period, 55 B.C.–449 A.D.—Fiction. 4. Great Britain—History, Military—55 B.C.–449 A.D.—Fiction. 5. Romans—Great Britain—Fiction. 6. Britons—Fiction. 7. Avalon (Legendary place)—Fiction. I. Bradley, Marion Zimmer. II. Title. III. Title: Ravens of Avalon. PS3566.A897M34 2007 813'.54—dc22 2007003307 Set in Bembo Designed by Spring Hoteling Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright own er and the above publisher of this book. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not partici- pate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials.Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. To Sarah Rachel, who fought long and hard . . . NAMES IN THE STO RY CAPITALS = major character + = historical fi gure ( ) = dead before story begins [ ] = alternate or later form of name PEOPLE Britons (Note: Most of these names are attested from written documents of the period; however, I have left the British nominative ending “os” on some but not on others to provide variety and lessen confusion for the reader.) +Adminios—middle son of Cunobelin, exiled king of the Cantiaci Anaveistl—mother of Boudica Antebrogios—Durotrige chieftain defending the Hill of Stones +Antedios—High King of the Iceni Argantilla—Boudica’s younger daughter Aurodil—an Iceni maiden Beric—son of Segovax, a young warrior in the rebellion Bethoc—an old woman from a fishing village on Mona Bituitos—bodyguard to Prasutagos viii Names in the Story +Bodovoc—king of the Northern Dobunni, subject to Togodumnos +BOUDICA—daughter of Dubrac, later wife of Prasutagos and queen of the Iceni Bracios [Braci]—Boudica’s youngest brother Brocagnos—an Iceni farmer Calgac—a warrior in Boudica’s service +CARATAC [Caratacus]—third son of Cunobelin, king of the Cantiaci and leader of the fight against Rome +Cartimandua—queen of the Brigantes Carvilios—a warrior in the rebellion Caw—a freedman in the service of Boudica’s daughters Cingetor—king of the Silures +Cogidubnos—grandson of Verica, later, king of the Atrebates and Regni +Corio—king of the Southern Dobunni Crispus—a Gaulish freedman in Boudica’s service (+Cunobelin [Cunobelinos])—king of the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, overlord of southeast Britannia) Drostac of Ash H ill—a chieftain of the Iceni Dubnocoveros—eldest son of Dubrac and brother of Boudica Dubrac—father of Boudica, a prince of the Southern Iceni Eoc Mor—bodyguard to Prasutagos Epilios—youngest son of Cunobelin, foster brother of Braci
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