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Knights of the Shadows #2
Robbing Death
Trilisean is an acrobat turned burglar. Conn is a jaded former mercenary. Against the background of deadly blades, subtle schemes, glittering treasures, and dark sorceries, fate has thrown them together.
And fate has a sense of humor.
A simple job. Steal an amulet. An heirloom interred with a corpse, and the family wants it back. No traps. No guards. No giant snakes or avenging divine avatars. Just a few locks to pick.
But while the crypt does contain a corpse, it’s the wrong corpse.
A murder. A dead noblewoman stalking the city, possessed by an ancient evil. A contract from the church of the Goddess of Death.
The pair of swashbuckling rogues are forced to become reluctant heroes as the spirit of the returned sorcerer -- wrapped in the undead flesh of its host -- gains power and old allies turn against them. Unless stealth and cunning, careful planning and swift steel can overcome powerful magic and the accumulated knowledge of centuries, the world may be plunged back into darkness, ground beneath the hell of a sorcerous tyrant.
And worse yet, they might not get paid.
And fate has a sense of humor.
A simple job. Steal an amulet. An heirloom interred with a corpse, and the family wants it back. No traps. No guards. No giant snakes or avenging divine avatars. Just a few locks to pick.
But while the crypt does contain a corpse, it’s the wrong corpse.
A murder. A dead noblewoman stalking the city, possessed by an ancient evil. A contract from the church of the Goddess of Death.
The pair of swashbuckling rogues are forced to become reluctant heroes as the spirit of the returned sorcerer -- wrapped in the undead flesh of its host -- gains power and old allies turn against them. Unless stealth and cunning, careful planning and swift steel can overcome powerful magic and the accumulated knowledge of centuries, the world may be plunged back into darkness, ground beneath the hell of a sorcerous tyrant.
And worse yet, they might not get paid.
97 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2019
About the author
Patrick LeClerc
11 books84 followersPatrick LeClerc makes good use of his history degree by working as a paramedic for an ever- changing parade of ambulance companies in the Northern suburbs of Boston. When not writing he enjoys cooking, fencing and making witty, insightful remarks with career-limiting candor.
In the lulls between runs on the ambulance --and sometimes the lulls between employment at various ambulance companies-- he writes fiction.
In the lulls between runs on the ambulance --and sometimes the lulls between employment at various ambulance companies-- he writes fiction.
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May 5, 2019
If you've read Broken Crossroads, read this. And if you haven't read it, that's okay too, because it also a standalone. Robbing Death has the same awesome main characters as well as some new ones, the same witty dialogue, the same blistering action, the same awesome sword and sorcery adventure. Conn and Trilisean are reunited and forced to try and save their city if not their world.
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