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Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgments Dedication Epigraph Prologue Present Day Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Chapter 73 Chapter 74 Chapter 75 Chapter 76 Chapter 77 Chapter 78 Chapter 79 Chapter 80 Chapter 81 Chapter 82 Chapter 83 Chapter 84 Chapter 85 Chapter 86 Writer’s Note Discover More About the Author Also by Steve Berry Navigation Table of Contents Copyright © 2023 by Steve Berry Cover design by Eric Fuentecilla Cover copyright © 2023 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104grandcentralpublishing.comtwitter.com/grandcentralpub First edition: February 2023 Grand Central Publishing is a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The Grand Central Publishing name and logo is a trademark of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, go to hachettespeakersbureau.com or email [email protected]. Grand Central Publishing books may be purchased in bulk for business, educational, or promotional use. For information, please contact your local bookseller or the Hachette Book Group Special Markets Department at [email protected]. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Berry, Steve, 1955– author. Title: The last kingdom / Steve Berry. Description: First Edition. | New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2023. | Series: Cotton Malone Identifiers: LCCN 2022042128 | ISBN 9781538720998 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781538742891 | ISBN 9781538742907 | ISBN 9781538721018 (ebook) Subjects: LCGFT: Novels. Classification: LCC PS3602.E764 L37 2023 | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20220902 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022042128 ISBNs: 9781538720998 (hardcover), 9781538742891 (signed edition), 9781538742907 (signed edition), 9781538721018 (ebook) E3-20230119-NF-DA-ORI Acknowledgments My sincere thanks to Ben Sevier, senior vice president and publisher of Grand Central. To Wes Miller, my editor, whom I’ve greatly enjoyed getting to know and working with. He’s a man of remarkable insight. This book became much better thanks to him. Then to Tiffany Porcelli for her marketing expertise; Staci Burt, who handled publicity; all those who worked hard to create the cover and make the interior of the book shine; and to Sales For Derrick Koger, Nick Koger, Toni Sims, Trinity Dorner, and Kelsey Deal, Imagineers Extraordinaire At least permit me this final joy. I adore the mysterious and wish to remain an eternal enigma. —King Ludwig II Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. Tap here to learn more. Prologue Bavarian Alps August 8, 1881 3:10 A.M. LUDWIG FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON