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Praise for Cretaceous Clay!

  “a science fiction-fantasy thriller with an added dose of murder, mystery and mayhem …” – Wendy, Goodreads

  “funny, witty dialogues were enough comic relief in all the strange and sometimes scary crime scenes … if the saying of starting with a blast is true, then this series is bound to become a hit!” – Lydia P., Goodreads Top Reviewer

  “a very vivid imagination and I would definitely read another one of his books …” – Angel S., Goodreads Best Reviewer

  “the Black Dwarf takes what we expect from the fantasy genre and reforms it into something new and exciting. …” – C. P. Bialois, Author of The Sword and the Flame, Call of Poseidon, and Skeleton Key

  “a wonderful imagination in the life-and-death situations …” – Erlinda C. N.

  “a nonstop read. It took me three hours without putting it down to read from front to back! This book kept me flipping the pages wanting to know more!” – Misty A., Goodreads

  Cretaceous Clay

  & the

  Ninth Ring

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  Dan Knight

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  Stonewald, LLC

  Greenville, Texas

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.

  CRETACEOUS CLAY & THE NINTH RING

  Copyright 2013 ALAN BROOKS.

  All rights reserved.

  No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of the author. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.

  Publisher’s Acknowledgements:

  Cover Designed by Stonewald, LLC

  Cover Art: Copyright 01-06-13 Constance Knox / iStockphoto.com / Standard License

  Editor: Tina Musial

  Maps of Nodlon West, Nodlon East, the Ninth Ring: East, and the Ninth Ring: West Copyright 2013 ALAN BROOKS.

  Author’s Website: BlackDwarves.com

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  ISBN-10: 0-9893861-1-2 (eBook – 1d)

  ISBN-13: 978-0-9893861-1-1 (eBook – 1d)

  ISBN-10: 0-9893861-3-9 (eBook – Dan Knight)

  ISBN-13: 978-0-9893861-3-5 (eBook – Dan Knight)

  ISBN-10: 0-9893861-4-7 (Paperback)

  ISBN-13: 978-0-9893861-4-2 (Paperback)

  Contents

  Sweet Dreams

  No News is Good News

  A Victim in the Sewer

  Port of Moab

  The Proconsul of Moab

  Off the Case

  Sacrifice of the First Born

  Eldad and Medad

  Beslan

  Daisy

  Mole Charity

  Deprogramming

  The First Born

  None Dare Call It Conspiracy

  Escape from Moab

  Noddie

  The Ninth Ring

  Bora Bora

  Intruder Alert

  The Black Wharf

  Port Royal

  Castle Frankenstein

  Blondie

  The Emperor’s Clothes

  Orpheus

  Flight of the Black Dwarf

  Bouncy Balls

  Epilogue: On the Beach

  The Adventure Continues

  Acknowledgements