title: Pathfinder Tales: Hellknight
author:  Liane Merciel 
description: LIANE MERCIEL is the author of two previous Pathfinder Tales novels, <i>Nightglass</i> and <i>Nightblade</i>, as well as <i>Dragon Age: Last Flight</i> for Tor and two creator-owned novels, <i>Heaven's Needle</i> and <i>The River King's Road</i>.
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  The Nether World
  
  
    
    
  CHAPTER I. A THRALL OF THRALLS  
    
  CHAPTER II. A FRIEND IN REQUEST  
    
  CHAPTER III. A SUPERFLUOUS FAMILY  
    
  CHAPTER IV. CLARA AND JANE  
    
  CHAPTER V. JANE IS VISITED  
    
  CHAPTER VI. GLIMPSES OF THE PAST  
    
  CHAPTER VII. MRS. BYASS'S LODGINGS  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. PENNYLOAF CANDY  
    
  [CHAPTER IX. PATHOLOGICAL  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos211569)[CHAPTER X. THE LAST
  COMBAT  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos238623)[CHAPTER XI. A
  DISAPPOINTMENT  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos258455)[CHAPTER XII. 'IO
  SATURNALIA!'  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos277685)[CHAPTER XIII. THE BRINGER
  OF ILL NEWS  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos302693)[CHAPTER XIV. A WELCOME
  GUEST  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos319381)[CHAPTER XV. SUNLIGHT IN
  DREARY PLACES  
    
  ](The%20Nether%20World_split_001.html#filepos336514)[CHAPTER XVI. DIALOGUE AND
  