Shades of Gray A Sholan Alliance Novel

381 Pages·2010·4.1 MB·English

by  Norman Lisanne

Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
"VALDEN!" KUSAC SHOUTED. . . .
At that precise moment, the barrier on both tunnels broke
open with a roar that deafened them all.
Kusac barely had time to launch himself backward, not for
Valden, but for the Prince, then the wall of water engulfed them
all.
As the water hit him, it flung him forward into Zsurtul,
allowing him to grab hold of the young Emperor and lock him
tight against his body. He felt another body hit them both--
Zhalmo--and cling onto Zsurtul from behind as the force of the
water tossed them. Briefly, he wondered if Valden was safe,
then he was slammed against a boulder, bent around it, and
was swept away again.
All it needed was a crack in the visor, and any one of them
would be dead. He tightened his grip on the Prince as the
water surged between them, threatening to drag them apart
as it sucked them backward, swirling them about until they
were once again slammed into a solid surface.
This time, his head hit the back of his helmet with enough
force to stun him. He felt his grip on Zsurtul begin to relax and
gave a low moan of pain as nausea swept over him.
Someone was saying something, but the cries of fear and
distress from the others were drowning it out.
DAW Books
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LISANNE NORMAN'S
SHOLAN ALLIANCE Novels:
TURNING POINT (#1)
FORTUNE'S WHEEL (#2)
FIRE MARGINS (#3)
RAZOR'S EDGE (#4)
DARK NADIR (#5)
STRONGHOLD RISING (#6)
BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT (#7)
SHADES OF GRAY (#8)

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To Sheila, for having enough belief in me to let me have the
time I needed to settle down in the USA and finish this novel.
And to Marsha, for nudging me just enough to make me keep
at it, even when I found it almost impossible to concentrate
with all the post-moving to a new country chaos going on
around me.
And to Kai and Jackie for being just who they are, my family.