Changespell Legacy

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

Arlen of Anfeald is dead—or so his friends believe, for Camolen's Council of Wizards has been cut down in a treacherous ambush of twisted magic . . . and the only surviving witness is a palomino stallion named Ramble. Convinced that the twisted magic is a threat to all of Camolen, Carey—Anfeald's Head Courier—plans to question the palomino, using the now-forbidden spell that can change a horse into a human. This is the same spell that turned Dun Lady's Jess from horse to human and took her from one world to another—from Camolen to the American Midwest.

Caren, Jess and the palomino race to Ohio in the other world, racing to obtain crucial information in time to save their own world. But once they leave Camolen, the damaging magic spreads, blossoming to engulf the unwary and corrupting even the simplest spells.

Even the spell that can take them home. . . .

Praise for the Fantasy Novels of Doranna Durgin:

"Durgin is one of the freshest new voices in fantasy fiction. Her style is clean, uncluttered, and effortless....a full-bore, straight-ahead, fast and furious read. I want more!"
—Jennifer Roberson

"Doranna Durgin is one of my favorite fantasy authors . . . pure joy . . . . A terrific read!"
—A.C. Crispin, author of V, Sarek, the "Starbridge" Series, etc.

"[Durgin] envelops her appealing characters with a rare, shimmering aura of mystic legend."
—Romantic Times

Cover art by Carol Heyer

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, January 2000

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WHOA!

With the trail juncture in sight and full of milling horses, Dun Lady's Jess broke into a startled canter. "O-oh no," Arlen said, his teeth clicking as he bounced; he yanked on her mane, the only thing at hand. "Whoa!"

And then Lady caught wind of others in the woods around them, closing in on them. With the sudden downwind rustle of brush, a figure emerged from camouflage of leaves and dull brush almost at her feet.

"Whoa!" Arlen cried again, completely unaware of those others, clenching her barrel with his long legs and hauling on her mane. Metal slashed at them, gleamed dully along an astonishingly long blade—and quite abruptly Lady did just as she'd been told, tucking her butt and dropping her head so Arlen flew neatly over her withers, rolling onward and out of reach. The blade flashed down to score her shoulder and she kicked out wildly. Ramble screamed, a stallion's challenge, and knocked her aside, knocked her down—

She wrenched herself away, trying to avoid Arlen's sprawling figure, well aware that more agents converged upon them.

Armed men and women, ready to turn the hunt into a kill.

To Alan—our Bookhound—and
all the people who loved him.

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