**The Universe is made of string. When the knots tighten, the Cosmos quakes.** It's a tough job being a gumshoe in an interdimensional city full of gods, living concepts and weirder things. Good thing I'm a stringwalker, able to jump between realities. It started when I was hired to investigate an
City of Strife
β Scribed by Claudie Arseneault
- Publisher
- The Kraken Collective
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Isandor, City of Spires.
A hundred and thirty years have passed since Arathiel last set foot in his home city. Isandor hasn't changed--bickering merchant families still vie for power through eccentric shows of wealth--but he has. His family is long dead, a magical trap has dulled his senses, and he returns seeking a sense of belonging now long lost.
Arathiel hides in the Lower City, piecing together a new life among in a shelter dedicated to the homeless and the poor, befriending an uncommon trio: the Shelter's rageful owner, Larryn, his dark elven friend Hasryan, and Cal the cheese-loving halfling. When Hasryan is accused of Isandor's most infamous assassination of the last decade, what little peace Arathiel has managed to find for himself is shattered. Hasryan is innocent⦠he thinks. In order to save him, Arathiel may have to shatter the shreds of home he'd managed to build for himself.
Arathiel could appeal to the...
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