Faerie Tale

Faerie Tale
Raymond E. Feist

The whole of bestselling author Raymond E. Feist backlist, master of magic and adventure, now available in ebookSuccessful screenwriter Phil Hastings decides to move his family from sunny California to a ramshackle farmhouse in New York State. The idea is to take some time out, relax and pick up the threads of his career as a novelist.Good plan, bad choice. The place they choose is surrounded by ancient woodland. The house they choose is the centrepoint of a centuries-old evil intent on making its presence felt to intruders.

RAYMOND E. FEIST

Faerie Tale

One of life’s truly rarest treasures is friendship. I count myself exceedingly fortunate in this regard. My friends have given of themselves above and beyond the call, in far too many ways to recount, but, most important, in love, support, and acceptance. I shall never be their equal in generosity.

But as a humble token of appreciation, this book is dedicated to:

The Original Thursday Nighters:

Steve A., Jon, Anita, Alan, Tim, Rich, Ethan,

Jeff, Lorri, Steve B., and Bob

(and April, for I can’t seem to remember a time when she wasn’t there)

back when April and Steve’s house was Steve and Jon’s apartment and we all sweated finals, experimental results, orals, dissertation defences, finding jobs, the triumphs and the failures, the pain, the love, and the growing … together.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u836db874-bec0-5485-824e-8600bbb78293)

Title Page (#uea63911e-0a8a-5d6c-80ec-0cc9e76f3327)

Dedication (#u08f01e29-fb00-51a8-a927-f556000a5de6)

Prologue: May (#u9b5294f3-5213-5ee8-b7c8-44864146ab0f)

Erl King Hill (#u8062a049-9727-5b14-bf06-214b4c9ceebe)

June (#u1dd408a8-05e9-57cc-9981-0891aa6df075)

Chapter One (#u7b12bae3-cf84-5a23-bccc-b33746fd39df)

Chapter Two (#u34fcbbc2-cc06-5b7a-8434-d4ac29e409c2)

Chapter Three (#u44c274a2-7e86-5a08-bac4-162c8aebb4fc)

Chapter Four (#ucc65dcc0-33a8-5665-a7d5-01f071c64500)

Chapter Five (#u7055b095-a993-5cdf-b6e7-ce80503aeab3)

Chapter Six (#ua9ffbc05-f36a-5466-b668-82846e338949)

Chapter Seven (#u769677e0-a555-5eaa-86ac-ca6d4b310d31)

Chapter Eight (#u1269bb52-314f-594f-91d0-44cb8f30b295)

Chapter Nine (#u45a2e95b-9a61-5782-b8c9-352b7c83a787)

Chapter Ten (#u91daeeb5-349b-57bc-b45b-2d82a32d2c1f)

Chapter Eleven (#u91bbd170-17d2-5d46-8275-a1495db89816)

Chapter Twelve (#u1cd84afc-a41c-5ad5-a779-b3762d26511d)

Chapter Thirteen (#u58800a97-871f-53a2-ad60-c284105373b6)

Chapter Fourteen (#u87e5ae9b-daaa-5d7c-b427-e63038f5b995)

July (#ub05d218c-1b17-5aca-b3b9-d124a8813bf5)

Chapter One (#u4ab01232-13fe-55f9-a641-6d27805f9257)

Chapter Two (#u0b087b28-c506-5952-a6f2-d59d5534b834)

Chapter Three (#u888490ed-6c84-5f2d-a298-b93b1bb7d6ee)

Chapter Four (#ube45cb37-3a22-54af-b5a1-bbe671524ef5)

Chapter Five (#u947c4946-936f-551a-af2e-05f9bfe27891)

Chapter Six (#ua57e7a0a-6f59-5f66-be89-c6ce02260cc5)

Chapter Seven (#u6512049a-be78-5e8d-a343-af394ea89d3f)

Chapter Eight (#u2b028765-dec5-545d-9710-a70391440bc1)

Chapter Nine (#ubbcfcf3c-7c9c-5d31-9516-d7903e5f229a)

Chapter Ten (#ubf791a84-abb8-5ec2-95a3-01145e032ec0)

August (#u6f56e719-8a37-589e-9015-ce92733d3d7e)

Chapter One (#u8359cc92-df89-5112-ad54-cabba77971ae)

Chapter Two (#u852d213e-fa1f-515d-9f1c-42eea36aa116)

Chapter Three (#u418648bc-aff1-578a-a08c-d9d2418d0d9a)

Chapter Four (#u39891aa1-4fd2-545e-9537-7fc1df268461)

Chapter Five (#u7289cb14-ee37-5968-8f54-2d1a2d4d6261)

Chapter Six (#u0624b363-3d44-58fe-ac61-0bd9cb0d9629)

Chapter Seven (#u7ba00839-710e-5f67-abd2-53b70a9d2b90)

Chapter Eight (#u7f12e4fb-b693-5d9f-82c1-fcae4a64d153)

Chapter Nine (#u64adea1d-a8e9-587c-a534-ab0f0a336d57)

Chapter Ten (#u3a3de4bf-8e38-50f2-b9f6-ada0fb90ab63)

Chapter Eleven (#u3443759d-3376-5c60-b84e-846c989c0280)

Chapter Twelve (#u238ff6ba-e9d3-5281-997c-d404fc0b7acd)

Chapter Thirteen (#uea5ee3a9-72bd-5c0c-aa8a-560afe373b5b)

Chapter Fourteen (#u6f460d86-a80b-5151-8ebf-a783213255f1)

Chapter Fifteen (#u45411ecc-5f85-5ce9-9638-0116990e1b99)

Chapter Sixteen (#u269d6874-07b8-591f-9b88-5439894c295c)