title: The Kingdoms of Dust (The Necromancer Chronicles)
author:  Amanda Downum 
description: "This magnificent and multifaceted work, set against a richly detailed quasi-Arabian background, confirms Downum's Necromancer Chronicles as a top-notch fantasy series."<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />Praise for The Necromancer Chronicles:<br /><br />"Spectacular...[a] complex and bloody tale of sorcery, madness, and intrigue." --- <i>Publishers Weekly </i>(Starred Review)<br /><br />"Downum's second fantasy is as sharp and complex as the first, full of fascinating characters." --- <em>Booklist<br /><br /></em>"Well-written and entertaining." --- <em>RT Book Reviews</em>
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  # Cursed
  
  
  ### A Kingdoms of Earth & Air Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Keri Arthur
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### KA Publishing Pty LTD
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2018 by Keri Arthur
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to real
  people, alive or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  ISBN: 978-0-6483246-3-8
  
  
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  _With thanks to_ :
  
  
  
  
  
  The Lulus
  
  
  Indigo Chick Designs
  
  
  Hot Tree Editing
  
  
  Robyn E.
  
  
  The lovely ladies from Central Vic Writers
  
  
  J Caleb Design for the amazing cover.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-bc