A fic set in an alternative universe. In Rath Dínen, Gandalf persuades Denethor not to committ suicide, and the Steward follows Faramir to the Houses of Healing. Here, Denethor sees a face from the past - Aragorn, who he had known as Thorongil forty years before. How will the Steward cope with Aragorn's claim to the throne?

Prologue | 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 | Epilogue

© Joanne Harris 2003