"Sylanna’s jaw scraped against the rough plastered wall, “You cannot be one of the guardsmen.”“And how did you guess that? Was it my curt accent or my fashionable attire?” His sweaty arm clamped tighter, grinding into her belly, while his other hand held a long dagger against her throat. Sylanna’s mind scattered. She had not even heard him approach!"The talented thief Sylanna flees to a remote monastery after she is attacked by the Rubied Assassins. But she learns the quiet monastery is anything but silent; pious monks plot against each other, executions and murder are brushed aside, ancient secrets are buried deep under the fortified structure, while the studious leaders supply the brewing War. Will Sylanna survive the monastery and its suspicious monks? Will she escape the Rubied Assassins or will they surprise her behind the monastery’s thick walls and wide moat? Who can be a friend and who is secretly an enemy? Even the Black Jewel, a comforting talisman she has carried since childhood, clutches a dangerous Destiny that unwinds as the menace approaches. Can she stop the evil? [iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PTLrXyLI1gA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen][/iframe]Author's Weblog: http://jgordonsmith.com.
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