Book description
Drothe is a Nose, an informant who finds and takes care of trouble
inside the criminal organization he’s a part of. He also smuggles
imperial relics on the side.
When his boss sends him to Ten Ways to track down who’s been leaning on
his organization’s people, Drothe discovers hints of a much bigger
mystery. Someone is trying to stir up trouble between lower-level
criminal organizations, including the one Drothe belongs to. And there’s
a book rumored to contain imperial glimmer (or magic) that a lot of very
dangerous people seem to be looking for - including two crime bosses
known as the Gray Princes.
When Drothe discovers the book, he finds himself holding a bit of swag
that can bring down emperors, shatter the criminal underworld, and
unlock forbidden magic...that's if he can survive long enough to use it.
Douglas Hulick has been reading fantasy literature for almost as long as
he can remember. He suspects this penchant for far-away lands of yore
led, in part, to his acquiring a B. A. and M. A. in Medieval History,
and likewise to his subsequent study and teaching of European Historical
Martial Arts. It most certainly resulted in his authoring several short
stories, as well as, now, a novel. Douglas reads and writes and plays
with a rapier in Minnesota, where he is often surprisingly tolerated by
his wife (who also fences) and two sons (who do not). All of them read.
