Description

Alex Bledsoe’s first book, The Sword-Surrounded Blonde, received rave reviews for its innovative mix of fantasy and hard-boiled investigator fiction. Now Bledsoe returns by having an all-new story of mean streets and ancient intrigue.Above Angelina’s Pub in down-and-dirty Neceda you’ll discover the workplace of Eddie LaCrosse, a freelance sword jockey who, for thirty-five gold pieces each day, will require on any job lacking homicide for hire. Eddie’s on his long ago from the routine analysis when his horse almost runs down a half-nude blonde in severe difficulty. Against his better judgment, he guarantees to safeguard the young lady, simply to discover herself left for dead beside her mutilated and waylaid by unidentified attackers body.Eddie isn’t the type of man to just allow something similar to this pass. But who murdered Laura Lesperitt? Eddie’s pursuit of payback leads him into a mystery concerning a a wilds monster conspiracy, a notorious crime lord, noble scams, and a duplicitous femme fatale who has difficulty keeping her clothes on. As bodies stack up, attracting the unwanted attention of the guards, Eddie should use all his senses if he hopes to survive.