Publisher Description
Expert swordsmen Basilio and Alejo have one last mission before they go their separate ways: they must recover their teacher Don Manuel's ancient fighting manual and take it to remote Cataluña in order to have it translated by the famous alchemist Paracelsus. Unbeknownst to them, however, Don Manuel has been murdered, and a host of powerful forces has come looking for the coveted book - everyone from old lovers and lifelong archenemies to the King's assassin, and the Spanish Inquisition. The adventures of Basilio and Alejo usher in a new era of adventures in Foreworld, one wherein the Shield-Brethren, the fabled warrior monks of the medieval era, have been stricken from history. Old traditions are threatened and long-standing secrets are in danger of being revealed.
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About Barth Anderson
Barth Anderson is the author of two novels, The Patron Saint of Plagues and The Magician and The Fool, and the
latter was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2009. His short stories
have appeared in Asimov’s, Strange
Horizons, and Talebones, and he
won the Spectrum Award for Best Short Fiction in 2004 for his short story “Lark
Till Dawn, Princess.” He is chief blogger at Fair Food Fight, specializing in
shaking up the food and ag worlds. He lives in Minneapolis.
About Nick Podehl
Kate Rudd, actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared in several independent films and shorts, as well as in multiple episodes of the television show Perks. As an audiobook narrator she has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration.