Nightwatch on the Hinterlands
Author | : K. Eason |
Publisher | : Astra Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2021-10-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780756415341 |
ISBN-13 | : 0756415349 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Download or read book Nightwatch on the Hinterlands written by K. Eason and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the universe of Rory Thorne, this new sci-fi mystery follows an unlikely duo who must discover the motive behind an unusual murder. THE TEMPLAR: When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she expects to interrupt a robbery or break up a fight. Instead she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last conflict, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don't kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it. THE SPY: Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari. Unofficially, he's also a spy, sending information back to his government, unfiltered by diplomatic channels. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn't so sure the riev's behavior is just a malfunction, since the riev were created using an unstable mixture of alchemy and arithmancy. As Gaer and Iari search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider ambitions than homicide--including releasing horrors not seen since the war, that make a rampaging riev seem insignificant...