When Cafad Scratha was a child, someone murdered his entire family. People have questioned his sanity ever since. As the last Scratha, he's dedicated his life to catching the murderers. Now a desert lord, one of the mysterious elite of the southlands, he stands above every mundane political imperati
Children of the Desert #01 - Secret of the Sands
โ Scribed by Leona Wisoker
- Publisher
- Mercury Retrograde Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Edition
- 1. trade ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0981988237
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A thief chooses the wrong victim.
A desert lord abandons his lands.
A young woman accepts a stewardship.
They all find their destiny on the sands.
Idisio cut the wrong purse and found himself bound to serve a desert lord who just gave up his wealth, his lands, and his name to wander. His new master is the lone survivor of a massacred family and might be insane, but serving him is better than life on the streets.
Lady Alyea accepts the king's mission to assume stewardship of the desert lord's abandoned fortress in the hope of gaining power. But the southern desert is a harsh world of violence, suspicion, and politically tangled family clans who worship the old gods. By the time she realizes she's in over her head, it's far too late to back out.
Out on the sands, the harsh glare of the sun reveals more about the world--and themselves--than they ever wanted to know.
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