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Prologue
Nearly one hundred thousand people lived in the Free City…
Part I
A Thief’s Ransom
Chapter One
There were evil little things skulking in the shadows, their…
Chapter Two
Inside the ruined building three old men dressed in rags…
Chapter Three
The darkness inside the box was a solid thing, as…
Chapter Four
Well. He knew what to do with locks.
Chapter Five
Beyond the locked door was a snug little office, heated…
Chapter Six
Neither of them spoke for a while, as the meaning…
Chapter Seven
He drank the whole bottle and got rather drunk and…
Chapter Eight
The accused was brought into the square on a hurdle,…
Chapter Nine
Malden pushed through the crowd, which tried to push back.
Chapter Ten
Approximately three hundred yards to the northwest, Market Square had…
Chapter Eleven
For a while Malden’s world was only a terrible ringing,…
Chapter Twelve
The sorcerer Aelbron Hazoth lived in an imposing four story…
Chapter Thirteen
The next day Malden spent in preparation.
Chapter Fourteen
As they hauled away from the Smoke and up the…
Chapter Fifteen
Malden had learned to climb almost from the time he…
Chapter Sixteen
Croy hated subterfuge, but sometimes the direct approach was just…
Chapter Seventeen
Malden listened to the clamor beyond the wall for only…
Chapter Eighteen
Malden found himself in a small bedroom that looked like…
Chapter Nineteen
Malden’s feet kicked wildly at nothing as his body dropped…
Chapter Twenty
“You’re—You’re mad,” Malden had said two days before, when Cythera…
Chapter Twenty-One
The crown—technically a coronet—was not a work of great art…
Chapter Twenty-Two
Bile rushed up Malden’s throat and his head swam. The…
Chapter Twenty-Three
A great crashing noise stopped Croy in his tracks. “That…
Chapter Twenty-Four
It was all Malden could do to hold on. His…
Chapter Twenty-Five
Croy’s blood thrummed with excitement, as if his veins were…
Chapter Twenty-Six
“Curse you, leave off,” Malden whimpered. His strength was nearly…
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Warm gusts of air chased up the shaft and made…
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Croy dashed into the shadows, keeping his head down as…
Chapter Twenty-Nine
As a child growing up in a brothel, Malden had…
Chapter Thirty
Malden rushed back through the arches, thinking Kemper must have…
Part II
An Unquiet Crown
Interlude
Chapter Thirty-One
Croy and Cythera spent much of the night in furtive…
Chapter Thirty-Two
It took Malden the better Part of the day to…
Chapter Thirty-Three
Finding Bikker was easily enough done, for a man with…
Chapter Thirty-Four
When the Seven Day Fire finally burned itself out, leaving…
Chapter Thirty-Five
The boy’s face was freckled and his chin weak, when…
Chapter Thirty-Six
Knightly interruptions notwithstanding, Malden’s preparations were finished long before midnight.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
An hour later Malden was fast, and finally, asleep.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
The rough hands that dragged Malden inside the door threw…
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Wizardry was not technically illegal in Skrae. It was not…
Chapter Forty
“I’m half of a mind to string you up anyway,…
Chapter Forty-One
And then Cutbill was alone. For quite a while he…
Chapter Forty-Two
Sir Croy had been raised to be a knight, to…
Chapter Forty-Three
Malden needed a plan, desperately. He needed some stratagem that…
Chapter Forty-Four
Kemper drew too many stares after that to allow any…
Chapter Forty-Five
It was not difficult to get into the Burgrave’s palace,…
Chapter Forty-Six
It was not Anselm Vry who next approached Hazoth’s villa,…
Chapter Forty-Seven
When Malden’s eyes adjusted he found himself in a broad…
Chapter Forty-Eight
“So you can read, boy? I’m impressed.”
Chapter Forty-Nine
Hazoth rose from his chair and went over to one…
Chapter Fifty
Kemper had been reluctant to help Malden in his reconnaissance…
Part III
The Crew
Interlude
Chapter Fifty-One
There were many eyes watching Hazoth’s villa the next day,…
Chapter Fifty-Two
An hour or so later the watchmen trooped down the…
Chapter Fifty-Three
Despite the cool day, the palfrey was panting and its…
Chapter Fifty-Four
Ahead of him, at the main gate leading down into…
Chapter Fifty-Five
There was nothing Croy wanted more than to just lie…
Chapter Fifty-Six
“It’s just as I said, ha ha,” Tyron told them.
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Croy didn’t die in the night. He didn’t wake up…
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Kemper held the sword as far away from himself as…
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Later that day, Malden climbed up on top of a…
Chapter Sixty
The button seller looked up with a broad smile as…
Chapter Sixty-One
Malden spent the day drawing crude maps of the villa,…
Chapter Sixty-Two
“Milady,” Malden said, bowing low. “I thank you from the…
Chapter Sixty-Three
“But … why?” Malden asked. He thought of the mural…
Chapter Sixty-Four
“I’m afraid I’ve been of little help, save to make…
Chapter Sixty-Five
Malden sent Kemper to keep an eye on Hazoth’s villa—discreetly—while…
Chapter Sixty-Six
“Where are we going?” Croy asked as they headed up…
Chapter Sixty-Seven
The river Skrait was the Free City’s lifeblood. It flowed…
Chapter Sixty-Eight
Malden looked to right and left, but there was nowhere…
Chapter Sixty-Nine
A new and much improved plan had begun to come…
Chapter Seventy
When Croy came in, an hour later, Malden and Cythera…
Part IV
The Job
Interlude
Chapter Seventy-One
It was the night before Ladymas, one of the most…
Chapter Seventy-Two
At the side of the house, Malden crouched with Kemper…
Chapter Seventy-Three
The second floor of the villa was as silent as…
Chapter Seventy-Four
Gurrh made no attempt to fight the guards, but they…
Chapter Seventy-Five
Croy’s wound throbbed as he strode across the grass. It…
Chapter Seventy-Six
Malden crept down a hallway that ran the length of…
Chapter Seventy-Seven
Gurrh dropped to one knee. The iron fencepost he’d been…
Chapter Seventy-Sight
Malden stepped through the doorway and into the trapped corridor,…
Chapter Seventy-Nine
The floor did not ripple or shimmer like liquid. It…
Chapter Eighty
Croy took a step forward and nearly collapsed. The wound…
Chapter Eighty-One
Hazoth’s sanctum was a long room with high vaulted ceilings…
Chapter Eighty-Two
Bikker made no move to draw Acidtongue from its glass-lined…
Chapter Eighty-Three
Malden scrubbed at his eyes with the balls of his…
Chapter Eighty-Four
“A fool, perhaps, but—”
Chapter Eighty-Five
Drops of acid hit Croy’s arm and seared right through…
Chapter Eighty-Six
Malden kept his eyes shut until he was sure the…
Chapter Eighty-Seven
“Glorious! When it is finally born, there will be no…
Chapter Eighty-Eight
Bikker was sweating. He wiped his brow with the back…
Chapter Eighty-Nine
The demon howled in agony, and Malden had to hang…
Chapter Ninety
Croy gritted his teeth.
Chapter Ninety-One
Malden hurried down the long corridor at the back of…
Chapter Ninety-Ttwo
A minute earlier, outside:
Chapter Ninety-Three
“Croy! Croy!” Malden called, racing around the side of the…
Chapter Ninety-Four
Malden rolled on the ground, his body coming to pieces…
Chapter Ninety-Five
Witchly light filled the sky over the common, and the…
Chapter Ninety-Six
“Lay easy,” Cythera said. She held Croy’s hand tight. His…
Chapter Ninety-Seven
Market Square was thick with crowds, people of every station…
Chapter Ninety-Eight
Earlier—just at dawn—Gurrh the ogre had brought the leaden coffer…
Chapter Ninety-Nine
Coruth, her own arm fully healed now, muttered to herself…
Chapter One Hundred
Cutbill made a single notation in his ledger, then crossed…
A Thief In the Night
In a place of stone walls, attended by his acolytes
Chapter One
A thin crescent of moon lit up the rooftops of
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Other Books By David Chandler
Copyright
About the Publisher
