'Walking on the Waves' novelette by Leslie Fish 'Don't Look Back' novelette by Mercedes Lackey To some this seems the perfect opportunity to dispose of Mondragon, and framed for a murder he didn't commit, Thomas will need the help of Jones and all his allies if he is to have any hope of escaping this deadly trap.Īnd with Cardinal Willa Exeter as Boregy's replacement, Revantist fanaticism is strengthening, and Merovingen may soon find itself drowning in an unstoppalbe reign of terror which not even Janist and canaler conspiracies can avert. As intrigues begin to unwind, the death toll slowly mounts, shifting control in many of the Houses. If they don’t move, the other side will.Īnd the lives of the boy, the guests, the entire ruling family are at stake.Ĭardinal Boregy's murder has proven a catalyst for dangerous new politcal games among the Great Houses. The fact that the person responsible is in the heart of Assassins’ Guild Headquarters, the most closely guarded fortress on the continent, is not going to stop her.īren Cameron has the pieces now, of a decades-old plot that’s been threaded through Guild actions going back before his arrival on the continent, and more-he knows the person responsible is going to find out he knows, and find out within hours. The aiji-dowager knows who’s to blame for the attacks, and they’re going after him.

It’s all he dreamed of.īut now safety is foremost: Cajeiri’s grandfather has been assassinated, hostile Assassins Guild invaded Great-uncle’s house, and now Bren Cameron, paidhi-aiji, who was sent to keep the aiji’s son safe, has more than the young guests on his mind.

It's Bren's responsibility to entertain the guests, keep the security problem secret.and let a lonely eight-year-old prince reestablish his controversial relationship with the only other children he's ever met.inside the best security they can manage.Īt last-Cajeiri has his young guests from the starship, three young folk entranced by weather and trees and creatures with minds of their own.

But having the targets separated and contained is an advantage. They themselves are very likely targets of whatever's going on, no question of it. Tabini's consort's own father has been barred from court, and may be involved in a new conspiracy against him.įor safety reasons, Tabini wants Bren and Ilisidi to take charge of Cajeiri, and protect him and his young guests. The boy has been promised he can have the young human children he knew from his voyage sent down from the space station for a two week stay.īut there's far a darker business going on in the background-a major split compromising the Assassins' Guild, which furnishes security and law enforcement to the whole continent.

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