โ Dries, Aaron
๐ Fiction
๐
2018
๐ Crystal Lake Publishing
๐ English
โ 265 KB
๐ 1 views
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Point of Sighs
โ Scribed by Melissa Scott
- Publisher
- Lethe Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1590216458
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โฆ Synopsis
Autumn downpours soak the city of Astreiant and cast a gloomy pall over its streets, while storms at sea have delayed merchant ships bearing important cargoes from distant lands. For Philip Eslingen, whose stars are bad for water, the season adds damp misery to the complications of organizing the new and controversial City Guard.
The murder of a tea captain brings to a head the rivalry between Point of Sighs, where the crime took place, and Point of Dreams, where Eslingen's lover, Adjunt Point Nicolas Rathe, doubts the evidence against the son of a prominent Dreams merchant house. As extortion against traders by the dockers of Point of Sighs and corruption among the district pointsmen come to light, the mystery deepens, but nothing can prepare Rathe and Eslingen for the return of a legend and the revival of a savage cult.
Centuries ago the hungry spirit that haunted the River Sier was propitiated by the ritual sacrifice of handsome young man, but the Riverdeme has...
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