**A young storyteller must embrace his own skills --and the power of stories--to save a nation from economic ruin, in the standalone sequel to _A Conspiracy of Truths_. ** Three years ago, Ylfing watched his master-Chant tear a nation apart with nothing but the words on his tongue. Now Ylfing is a
A Choir of Lies
β Scribed by Alexandra Rowland; Drew Willis
- Publisher
- Gallery / Saga Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 513 KB
- Edition
- First Saga Press trade edition
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
**A young storyteller must embrace his own skills --and the power of stories--to save a nation from economic ruin, in the standalone sequel to A Conspiracy of Truths. **
Three years ago, Ylfing watched his master-Chant tear a nation apart with nothing but the words on his tongue. Now Ylfing is all alone in a new realm, brokenhearted and grieving--but a Chant in his own right, employed as a translator to a wealthy merchant of luxury goods, Sterre de Waeyer. But Ylfing has been struggling to come to terms with what his master did, with the audiences he's been alienated from, and with the stories he can no longer trust himself to tell.
That is, until Ylfing's employer finds out what he is, what he does, and what he knows. At Sterre's command, Ylfing begins telling stories once more, fanning the city into a mania for a few shipments of an exotic flower. The prices skyrocket, but when disaster looms, Ylfing must face what he has done and decide who he...
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