Upshot: An Inquisitor Damulis Novel, #2

The Crown City: an ideal place. The king drove out the rabble years ago. No cutpurses, no thief guild, no organized crime. So why are people ending up with their hearts torn out, murdered in plain sight with no witnesses? Why is the bazaar, once bustling, now a place of fear?

The killings, rituals performed by a diseased mind, have wizards and watchmen baffled. Magic can turn up no answers where physical investigation fails. If the killer possesses magic, not even the powerful Archdruid has seen it before. If the killer is a beast, it is unlike any other monster the heroes of Feal have fought.

The king has assembled the best adventures the city has to offer. Among them, an outsider named Damulis stands out. A traveler of vast distances, both physical and metaphysical, he may be the only one who has the experience to track a wholly new threat to the peaceful city. But there’s one catch—the kingdom’s magical bureaucracy wants his head served on a silver platter for breaking their rules. Can Damulis catch a killer while saving himself from the sins of his past? Can he trust a beautiful new woman in his life, or will she put the fatale in femme?

Damulis must use all of his wisecracking wit, machine world experience, and martial art prowess to catch up with a killer that bears fearful similarities to himself.

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