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Upshot
The Crown City: an ideal place. The king drove out the rabble years ago. No cutpurses, no thief guild, no organized crime. So why are people ending up with their hearts torn out, murdered in plain sight with no witnesses? Why is the bazaar, once bustling, now a place of fear?
The killings, rituals performed by a diseased mind, have wizards and watchmen baffled. Magic can turn up no answers where physical investigation fails. If the killer possesses magic, not even the powerful Archdruid has seen it before. If the killer is a beast, it is unlike any other monster the heroes of Feal have fought.
The king has assembled the best adventurers the city has to offer. Among them, an outsider named Damulis stands out. A traveler of vast distances, both physical and metaphysical, he may be the only one who has the experience to track a wholly new threat to the peaceful city. But there’s one catch—the kingdom’s magical bureaucracy wants his head served on a silver platter for breaking their rules.
Can Damulis catch a killer while saving himself from the sins of his past? Can he trust a beautiful new woman in his life, or will she put the fatale in femme? Damulis must use all of his wisecracking wit, machine world experience, and martial art prowess to catch up with a killer that bears fearful similarities to himself.
The killings, rituals performed by a diseased mind, have wizards and watchmen baffled. Magic can turn up no answers where physical investigation fails. If the killer possesses magic, not even the powerful Archdruid has seen it before. If the killer is a beast, it is unlike any other monster the heroes of Feal have fought.
The king has assembled the best adventurers the city has to offer. Among them, an outsider named Damulis stands out. A traveler of vast distances, both physical and metaphysical, he may be the only one who has the experience to track a wholly new threat to the peaceful city. But there’s one catch—the kingdom’s magical bureaucracy wants his head served on a silver platter for breaking their rules.
Can Damulis catch a killer while saving himself from the sins of his past? Can he trust a beautiful new woman in his life, or will she put the fatale in femme? Damulis must use all of his wisecracking wit, machine world experience, and martial art prowess to catch up with a killer that bears fearful similarities to himself.
254 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 23, 2016
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About the author
C.T. Avis
4 books3 followersC. T. Avis is the author of The Inquisitor Damulis series, a series of detective stories set in a fantasy world. The correct order of the series is book one Ironedge, book two Upshot, and book three Wizard's Shield.
Born in the mystical land of "extensive corn flats" in 1973, C. T. Avis slayed his first dragon at the tender age of ten. He then charged his mighty steed into a lifelong quest for heroism in fantasy fiction and games. Somewhere along the line, he wandered into the office of a couple of hard boiled detectives who roughed him up and tarnished his shining armor. Staggered, but strangely invigorated, he turned his noble horse to a new path, one that straddled genres and tropes, and mixed metaphors (apparently).
A life-long tabletop role player and fan of detective fiction, he seeks to blend his two loves into exciting adventures for those who need a break from frozen, grim, courtly fantasy. Have a laugh along with a pulse-pounding plot, with heroes who seek out what it means to be human.
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