title: Kinship of the Twilight Moon: Legacy of the Twilight Dragon: Book 1
author: Kiersten Renee Nichols
description: Kiersten Rene Nichols was born in California in 1992. She now resides with her family in Rhode Island, which consists of her mother, younger brothers, her cat Luna, and her two huskies Shadow and Koda. She graduated from Smithfield High School in 2010, and briefly attended CCRI where she studied English. She first began writing when she was in Middle School under the pen name Kayari of Midnight, and some of her old stories are still freely available online to read.
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  Books by SM Reine:
  
    
  
  Six Moon Summer
  
  All Hallows’ Moon
  
  Long Night Moon (Spring 2012)
  
  Gray Moon Rising (Summer 2012)
  
    
  
  Death’s Hand
  
  The Darkest Gate (Spring 2012)
  
  Damnation Marked (Summer 2012)
  
    
  
  The 19 Dragons
  
  Shattered (2012)
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and
  any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
    
  
  DEATH’S HAND
  
  Copyright © SM Reine, 2011
  
  Published by Red Iris Books
  
  > > ISBN-13: 978-1-937733-00-1
  
  > > ISBN-10: 1-937733-01-7
  
    
  
  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or any
  portions thereof, in any form.
  
    
  
  SM Reine
  
  Website: http://smreine.com/
  
  Email: smreine@gmail.com
  
  Twitter: @smreine
  
    
  
  Interior and cover design by SM Reine.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part One: Before
  
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  February 1998
  
  James spotted a spla