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From the Ruins
From the Ruins
From the Ruins
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Liarry of Westlake, an aging bard and once member of The Crossed Blades adventuring band has returned from an extended period of study to find his group's base of operations in ruins and his former comrades slaughtered. Most were slain in a failed mission seven years ago escorting a young female noble to her wedding - a wedding destined to unite the baronies of the Marches against the threat of Queen Anne of Twin Peaks and her armies! The secrecy of the route to be taken points to a betrayal from within the Blades' ranks.
The minstrel has hired a young adventuring group, who call themselves The Flametongues to unravel the mystery surrounding the failure of his fallen comrades in their final mission and, if possible, to help thwart the Queen's machinations against the Marches. Assassins, an old ally turned foe, Queen Anne's cleverness, and the death of nearly anyone who could assist in these endeavors are not all that stand in the way of the Liarry and his new allies.

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PublisherLee McCormick
Release dateDec 28, 2012
ISBN9781301740161
From the Ruins
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Lee McCormick

Currently residing in Newark, Delaware, the author is a long-time reader, storyteller, actor/director, teacher/coach, and role-player/games-master who has always worked to live, not lived to work! I am surrounded by clever, talented, people who challenge one another and support creative talents of many kinds. An author of fantasy adventure stories and erotica, I hope to soon publish my personal religious ideology under the title God is a Cookie.

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