Shadows Before the Sun

“Oh, geez! Get a room!” Rex cried, slapping his hands over his ears.

Charlie’s laughter filled the Grove, sinking into his being and filling it with that sense of hope again. He thought suddenly of Fiallan, where he could be king, could rule and demand satisfaction for the wrongs done to him . . .

He shoved his hands in his pockets. To hell with being king. He was right where he wanted to be.

Acknowledgments

Deepest thanks and warmest regards to my readers for their continued support and kindness, to my family for putting up with the Deadline Crazies, and to my friends for sticking by me and remembering who I am after the writing-inspired hibernation/absences.

Much thanks to Megan McKeever for the excellent edit and to Miriam Kriss for keeping the business wheels turning.

But most of all, to my editor, Ed Schlesinger, who gets my work, trusts in my storytelling, and helps me make sense of it all when I can’t, and who gave me the gift of time—a lot of time. Thank you!

© Jonathan Gay

KELLY GAY

is the author of three previous novels in her urban fantasy series featuring Charlie Madigan: The Better Part of Darkness, The Darkest Edge of Dawn, and The Hour of Dust and Ashes.

She is a two-time RITA Award finalist, a 2010 finalist for Best First Book from the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, and a recipient of North Carolina Arts Council’s fellowship grant in Literature. She lives in North Carolina.

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Shadows Before the Sun

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