Shadow’s Son – Jon Sprunk

About the book In the holy city ofOthir, treachery and corruption lurk at the end of every street, just the placefor a freelance assassin with no loyalties and few scruples.  Caim makes his living on the edge of a blade,but when a routine job goes south, he is thrust into the middle of an insidiousplot….

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The Fallen Blade – Jon Courtenay Grimwood

About the Book In the depths of night, customs officers board a galley in a harbor and overpower its guards. In the hold they find oil and silver, and a naked boy chained to the bulkhead. Stunningly beautiful but half-starved, the boy has no name. The officers break the boy’s chains to rescue him, but…

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In the Shadow of Swords – Val Gunn

About this Book When legendary killer Ciris Sarn ends a life in an empty city plaza with a single dagger thrust, little does he know that an insidious game has been triggered by the brutal slaying. Turning predator into prey, this part fantasy, part espionage novel races along as it follows the now hunted Sarn across…

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Heroes Die – Matthew Woodring Stover

From Publishers Weekly:  After two fantasy novels (Iron Dawn; Jericho Moon), Stover combines fantasy and SF in this vigorous adventure story. Our world has developed a hyper-rigid, occupation-based caste system in which the reading of freedom-based philosophy, from John Locke to Robert A. Heinlein, is punished. For entertainment, people participate vicariously in recorded Adventures from…

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Beyond the Shadows – Brent Weeks

Cover blurb: Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance – a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom. In the north, the new Godking has a plan. If it comes to fruition, no one will have the power to…

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