Always Forever Also by Mark Chadbourn The Kingdom of the Serpent: Jack of Ravens The Dark Age: The Devil In Green The Queen of Sinister The Hounds of Avalon The Age of Misrule: World's End Darkest Hour Always Forever Underground Nocturne The Eternal Testimony Scissorman Always Forever Book three of The Age Of Misrule MANN CHADBOURN an imprint at Prometheus Books Amherst, NY Published 2009 by Pyr®, an imprint of Prometheus Books Always Forever. Copyright © 2009 by Mark Chadbourn. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a Web site without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Inquiries should be addressed to Pyr 59 John Glenn Drive Amherst, New York 14228-2119 VOICE: 716-691-0133, ext. 210 FAX: 716-691-0137 WWW.PYRSF.COM 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chadbourn, Mark. Always forever by Mark Chadbourn. p. cm. - (The age of misrule ; bk. 3) First published: London : Gollancz, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN 978-1-59102-741-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Title. PR6053.H23A79 2009 823'.914-dc22 2009013236 Printed in the United States on acid-free paper