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Dragon lance : murder in Tarsis

by John Maddox Roberts

A military consul sent to suppress an uprising in Ansalon discovers a conspiracy to exploit the conflict for personal gain, endangering soldiers from both the Takhisis and Paladine forces.

Accession 35978 ISBN 078690500X Publisher TSR, Inc.
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