A malevolent king. A world in peril. One young woman to save them all. Athena is just four years old when a strange man whisks her away in the night and leaves her with her grandparents. When Athena is told that her parents have been killed, she doesnβt speak for a yearβexcept in her sleep. The n
Pistoleer: Edgehill
β Scribed by Smith, Skye
- Book ID
- 109642233
- Publisher
- Skye Smith
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Series
- The Pistoleer 4
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781927699157
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β¦ Synopsis
In 1638 two English friends, Daniel Vanderus and Robert Blake, sailed home from the war-torn Dutch Republic. The two had met while riding as pistoleers in the Dutch Militia. Pistoleers were mounted skirmishers who targetted the Empire's officers. As their ship rowed up the River Great Ouse towards Ely, a girl's call for help linked their futures to Oliver, the tithe collector of Ely.
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