title: The Bristling Wood (Deverry Series, Book Three)
author:  Katharine Kerr 
description: <b>Katharine Kerr</b> first became involved in the field of fantasy through role-playing games, feeling so intrigued that she began writing articles for gaming magazines and for some time was a contributing editor to<i>Dragon</i>magazine. This interest soon led her into the field of fantasy writing, with her first Deverry novel,<i>Daggerspell</i>, appearing in 1986. Since then, Kerr has written many more fantasy and science fiction novels. Her Deverry series has hit<i>The</i><i>Times</i>(London) and the Australian bestseller lists.
zlib_text: THE BRISTLING WOOD
  THE BRISTLING WOOD
  aka DAWNSPELL
  by Katherine Kerr
  Book Three of the Chronicles of Deverry
  Scanned by Keleios; proofed by Nadie
   
  For the profit of kings, well did he 
  attack the hosts of the country, the 
  bristling wood of spears, the grievous 
  flood of the enemy.
  —The Gododdin of Ameirin, Stanza A84
  Contents
  •         A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words 
  •         Prologue: Spring 1065 
  •         Part One
  •         Deverry and Pyrdon,
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  •         ONE 
  •         TWO 
  •         THREE 
  •         FOUR 
  •         Part Two
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  THE BRISTLING WOOD
  •         Summer,
  1065
  •         ONE 
  •         TWO 
  •         THREE 
  •         Appendices
  •         CHARACTERS AND THEIR INCARNATIONS 
  •         GLOSSARY 
   
  A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words
  The language spoken in Deverry is a member of the P-Celtic family. Although 
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