However, he knows that his transition into power will be rocky. While his lands may not be “officially” recognized as a kingdom, his family has a tight hold on them.
Jase Ballenger is the new Patrei, head of the Ballenger clan. When she is sent on a mission to another kingdom to find a missing war criminal, under the pretense of investigating treaty violations, she has no doubts that she will get the job done. However, her skills as a thief earned her a spot as a member of the Queen’s most elite soldiers, the Rahtan. Kazi of Brightmast grew up a thief, alone on the streets after her mother was taken from her. But don’t worry, if you haven’t read those books, you will still get full enjoyment out of these. That was my deeper, darker taskmaster.// Content Warning: Violence, Death, Assault, Torture, Rape Mention, Animal Death, War Themes, Murder, Illness, PTSD, Kidnapping/Abduction //ĭance of Thieves is the first in a duology that takes place in the same world as The Remnant Chronicles. But there was another kind of hunger that drove me too, a hunger for answers that were not as easily plucked from the wares of a bloated lord. The twisting alleyways, tunnels, and catwalks were where I learned my trade, and my stomach was my relentless taskmaster.
I perfected my craft, playing the quarterlords and merchants against one another as if I was a musician and they were crude drums rumbling beneath my hands, making one boast to another that I had never pulled anything over on him, making them all feel so very smart, even as I relieved them of items I could put to better use elsewhere. But just as useful as the shadows was knowing the strategies of street politics and personalities. A few even rubbed hidden amulets when they saw me coming. To them, I was the Shadowmaker, because even at high noon, they swore, I could conjure a shadow to swallow me up. The eight quarterlords who dispensed the punishment for stealing had a different name for me and growled when they saw me coming. A complete set of fingers was legendary for a thief, or an alleged thief, because if I had ever been caught with stolen goods, my nickname would have been Nine.
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