title: TWILIGHT OF KERBEROS: THE CRUCIBLE OF THE DRAGON GOD
author:  Mike Wild 
description: Mike Wild is much older than he has a right to be, considering the kebabs, the booze and the fags. Maybe it's because he still thinks he's 15. Apart from dabbling occasionally in publishing and editing, he's been a freelance writer for ever, clawing his way up to his current dizzy heights by way of work as diverse as Doctor Who, Masters of the Universe, Starblazer, 'Allo 'Allo! and  erm  My Little Pony. Counting one Teen Romance, one ABC Warriors and two Caballistics Inc, The Clockwork King of Orl is his fifth novel. However, only his beloved wife and tuna-scoffing cat give him the recognition he deserves.
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  Gods and Trickery
  
  
  
  
  
  Candace Wondrak
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright  Candace Wondrak.
  
  
  All Rights Reserved.
  
  
  Cover is by Venkatesh at Killer Book Covers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_003.html#_Toc536723720)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc536723721)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc536723722)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc536723723)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc536723724)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0000_split_008.html#_Toc536723725)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](part0000_split_009.html#_Toc536723726)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](part0000_split_010.html#_Toc536723727)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](part0000_split_011.html#_Toc536723728)
  
  
  [Chapter Ten](part0000_split_012.html#_Toc536723729)
  
  
  [Epilogue](part0000_split_013.html#_Toc536723730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  The elegance of the bedroom was stifling, choking in a way most people
  wouldn’t understand. Odd, for it shouldn’t have been. It wa