Crossed Blades: A Fallen Blade Novel

Description

Aral was an assassin and sorcerer in the service of Namara, one of her Blades of Justice. Then his goddess was murdered, her temple destroyed and her followers slain or driven into hiding. For six years Aral's been living as a jack of the shadow trades, picking up odd jobs on the wrong side of the law and trying to stay out of sight. Now Aral's one time fiancee and fellow Blade, Jax needs his help. The forces that destroyed Namara are on the move again and she needs Aral's help to stop them. Before he knows it, Aral's been sucked back into a deadly assassin's war...

Kelly McCullough is the author of the WebMage series and the Fallen Blade series.

Praise for the Fallen Blade novels: "A fascinating world...Broken Blade is a compelling read that was hard to put down."-Fresh Fiction "A new series filled with multifaceted characters, layered plots, and the type of quixotic scenarios that only the imagination of Kelly McCullough could possibly create...Brilliant!"-Huntress Book Reviews "McCullough evokes a rich and textured setting of back alleys, rooftop hideouts, dank dungeons, and urban magical grime. Call it fantanoir."-SF Reviews.net "Aral the jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero: damaged, cynical, and despondent, yet needing only the right cause to rise from his own ashes."-Alex Bledsoe, author of Burn Me Deadly