Mala is a street thief with a knack for manipulating shadow. When the city’s garrison is left empty after a terrible battle, the leader of Mala’s gang decides to steal from it. Within, Mala stumbles across an injured woman named Shohreh.
Shohreh is a Kestrel, one of the elite swordswomen who serve the twelve kings of Sharakhai. Knowing she’ll be killed the moment the others learn of her, Mala helps Shohreh to escape through a secret door and into the city’s catacombs.
Shohreh is healed by the Crone, the leader of the Kestrels. After revealing a plot to kill Zeheb the Whisper King, the Crone commands Shohreh to save him and to kill Mala for having learned the location of their underground lair. What follows is a deadly game that threatens not only the Whisper King but Mala and everyone she knows.
- ISBN10 1939649374
- ISBN13 9781939649379
- Publish Date 11 May 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Quillings Literary
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 138
- Language English