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  I CAN’T TELL YOU MANY DETAILS ABOUT MY LIFE. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN AND LIVE IN ONE STILL. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS A POLICE DETECTIVE HERE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS BEFORE I RETIRED. I CAN TELL YOU I’M STILL OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND THAT CRAZY THINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING.

  I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE QUESTION—IS ANY OF THIS TRUE?

  JASON STRANGE

  RAVENS PASS

  GLOSSARY

  allies (AL-eyez)—friends and supporters

  ally (AL-eye)—a person that gives support to another

  decay (di-KAY)—rot or break down

  destroy (di-STROI)—to ruin something or someone completely

  faction (FAK-shuhn)—a united group

  helm (HELM)—a hard hat made of metal that protects a knight’s head during battle

  hilt (HILT)—the handle of a sword or dagger

  mace (MAYSS)—a club-like weapon

  morning star (MOR-ning STAR)—a medieval weapon made of a spiked metal ball that is connected to a shaft by a metal chain

  ruined (ROO-ind)—destroyed something completely

  singed (SINJD)—burned slightly

  smoldering (SMOHL-dur-ing)—burning and smoking

  summon (SUHM-uhn)—to call or request someone to come

  wicked (WIK-id)—cruel or evil

  DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  What games do you like to play? Video games? Card games? Other types of games? Talk about your favorite games.

  Which Epic Warrior was your favorite? DeathBringer? AngerHeart? YoungBloom? GraceBlood? Why?

  What part of this book did you think was the scariest? Why?

  WRITING PROMPTS

  Create your own Epic Warrior. What kind of armor, weapons, and magical abilities does your warrior have? Write about it, then draw a picture of your warrior.

  Alex and Mark thought they could trust AngerHeart, but he ended up betraying them. Write about a time when your trust was broken.

  What happens after this book ends? Write another chapter to this story.

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  Jason Strange is published by

  Stone Arch Books

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  North Mankato, Minnesota 56003

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  Copyright © 2012 by Stone Arch Books

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on the Library of Congress website.

  ISBN: 978-1-4342-3296-0 (library binding)

  ISBN: 978-1-4342-3884-9 (paperback)

  ISBN: 978-1-4342-9956-7 (ebook)

  Summary: Whenever Mark puts his new, ultra-rare trading card into play, bad things happen to his opponents — after the game has ended . . .

  Art Director: Kay Fraser

  Graphic Designer: Hilary Wacholz

  Production Specialist: Michelle Biedscheid

  Photo credits:

  Shutterstock: Nikita Rogul (handcuffs, p. 2); Stephen Mulcahey (police badge, p. 2); B&T Media Group (blank badge, p. 2); Picsfive (coffee stain, pp. 2, 5, 12, 17, 24, 30, 42, 48, 57); Andy Dean Photography (paper, pen, coffee, pp. 2, 66); osov (blank notes, p. 1); Thomas M Perkins (folder with blank paper, pp. 66, 67); M.E. Mulder (black electrical tape, pp. 69, 70, 71)