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  Inquest

  Book 1 of The Destroyer Trilogy

  Also by DelSheree Gladden

  The Handbook Series

  The Crazy Girl’s Handbook

  The Oblivious Girl’s Handbook

   

  Eliza Carlisle Mystery Series

  Trouble Magnet

  The Catalyst

   

  The Arcane Wielder Series

  Life & Being

   

  The Ghost Host Series

  The Ghost Host: Episode 1

  The Ghost Host: Episode 2

   

  Escaping Fate Series

  Escaping Fate

  Soul Stone

  Oracle Lost

  (Coming Soon)

   

  Twin Souls Saga

  Twin Souls

  Shaxoa’s Gift

  Qaletaqa

   

  The Destroyer Trilogy

  Inquest

  Secret of Betrayal

  Darkening Chaos

   

  Someone Wicked This Way Comes Series

  Wicked Hunger

  Wicked Power

  Wicked Glory

  Wicked Revenge

   

  The Aerling Series

  Invisible

  Intangible

  Invincible

   

  The Date Shark Series

  Date Shark

  Shark Out Of Water

  The Only Shark In The Sea

  Shark In Troubled Waters

  Inquest

  Book 1 of The Destroyer Series

  by

  DelSheree Gladden

   

   

   

   

   

  Inquest

  Book One of The Destroyer Trilogy

  Written by DelSheree Gladden

  Copyright © 2012 DelSheree Gladden

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  Published by DelSheree Gladden

    

   

   

  All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the US Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

   

  Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher and/or author.

  Printed in the U.S.A.

  For my husband, Ryan,

  my toughest critic and biggest fan.

  He always makes my books better.

  Acknowledgements

  Thanks so much to my fellow writers on The Next Big Writer who helped me get this book into shape for publishing, and for their support during the process. Thank you Ann Everett, Linda Ulleseit, Apryl Baker, Angela Fristoe, Nancy DeMarco, Maggie Banks, Tess Black, Terri Wood, Madison Ready, Diane Shelton, C.E. Jones, Arianna Sofer, and Ingrid Seymour.

  Thank you to my family and friends who have read, and re-read this book in order to give me their invaluable insights. I owe an especially big thanks to my husband, Ryan, for spending nearly as much time as I did with this series, for reading all three books several times and helping me fill in holes, spot errors, and keep my characters likable and entertaining.

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