Book description
The world's most deadly assassin has been hired to kill King Ambrose.
Only Emerald can identify the killer's evil magic and only Stalwart
knows what he looks like. They must trap the killer before he can strike
at the King - or at them, if he sees them first. All Wart's superb skill
with a sword will not avail against this terrible foe. Dave Duncan,
born in Scotland in 1933, is a Canadian citizen. He received his diploma
from Dundee High School and got his college education at the University
of Saint Andrews. He moved to Canada in 1955, where he still lives with
his wife. He has three grown children and four grandchildren. He spent
thirty years as a petroleum geologist. He has had dozens of fantasy and
science fiction novels published, among them A ROSE-RED CITY, MAGIC
CASEMENT and THE REAVER ROAD, as well as a highly praised historical
novel, DAUGHTER OF TROY, published, for commercial reasons, under the
pseudonym Sarah B. Franklin. He also published the "Longdirk"
series of novels, DEMON SWORD, DEMON KNIGHT and DEMON RIDER, under the
name Ken Hood. His website is DaveDuncan. com. In the Fall of 2007,
Duncan's 2006 novel, CHILDREN OF CHAOS, published by Tor Books, was
nominated for both the Prix Aurora Award and the Endeavour Award.
