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Jack Leigh is a soldier of fortune, far from home. He’s a brilliant
“sword for hire,” but in the dangerous Riverlands dukedom of Rhondia he gets more than he bargained for…

Treachery, treason and dark magic form swirling, powerful
undercurrents in Rhondia. Along the canals and in the menacing heart of Nimmenwald forest lurk unimaginable threats — the bo’zhe, the Lappai, barbarians from Saihabara and the unknowable forces out of Nimmenwald Deep itself.

At the crux of the vortex of magic and treachery is the heir to
Rhondia, Michael Sebastian — “Seb” — d’Astaghir. Haughty, moody …
haunted by the goblins of memory, Seb is in terrible jeopardy. It’s
only by luck that his old friend, old lover, Luc Redmayne, happens
upon a streetfight in a tavern yard, and a “hired sword” enters the
fortress of Rhondia as Seb’s bodyguard.

With the fresh eyes of an “outlander,” the shrewdness of a soldier of
fortune from Yulminster, and the help of a young gypsy shaman, Jack
Leigh uncovers the pitch-black, treasonous magic which is simmering
just beneath the surface of Rhondia.

And when Jack, Seb, Luc and gypsy, Janos Zaparasti, finally lay their
hands on the Basilisk ring, the symbol of the great houses of Rhondia,
they unleash the very forces they have feared.

From page one, it’s mystery, action, gay romance — and more than a
dash of the sensual in this new, and entirely original fantasy novel.
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