viii ¶ Othmar Black-Tooth, whom some called Othmar the Lawless, long held Valnères and Ogde, until Manuel routed him: thereafter these villages, with the most of Bovion, stayed masterless. ¶ Helmas the Deep-Minded, after a magic was put upon him in the year of grace 1255, held, in his fashion, the high place at Brunbelois: but the rest of Acaire, once Lorcha had been taken and Sclaug burned, was no man’s land. Also upon Upper Morven lived disaffected persons in defiance of all law and piety. ix CONTENTS BOOK ONE: LAST SIEGE OF THE FELLOWSHIP PAGE BOOK TWO: THE MATHEMATICS OF GONFAL BOOK THREE: TOUPAN’S BRIGHT BEES x BOOK FOUR: COTH AT PORUTSA BOOK FIVE: “MUNDUS VULT DECIPI” BOOK SIX: IN THE SYLAN’S HOUSE xi BOOK SEVEN: WHAT SARAÏDE WANTED BOOK EIGHT: THE CANDID FOOTPRINT BOOK NINE: ABOVE PARADISE xii BOOK TEN: AT MANUEL’S TOMB xiii