The Viscount of Adrilankha

BOOK ONE

The Paths of the Dead

Describing Certain Events Which Occurred
Between the 156th and the 247th Years
of the Interregnum

 

Submitted to the Imperial Library
By Springsign Manor
House of the Hawk
On this 3rd day the Month of the Athyra
Of the Year of the Vallista
Of the Turn of the Jhereg
Of the Phase of the Phoenix
Of the Reign of the Dragon
In the Cycle of the Phoenix
In the Great Cycle of the Dragon
Or, in the 179th Year
Of the Glorious Reign
Of the Empress Norathar the Second

 

By Sir Paarfi of Roundwood
House of the Hawk
(His Arms, Seal, Lineage Block)

 

Presented, as Always,
To Marchioness Poorborn
With Gratitude and Affection