The Moneylender Of Levantine

By Jacob Mossberg

A murderous, greedy and diabolical moneylender named Barteloc Strathin discovers there might be a way for him to live forever. He sends his manservant on a quest to acquire it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jacob Mossberg
• Release date: Aug 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311931054

Jacob Mossberg

Jacob Mossberg is a native of Norway. He holds a bachelor degree in electronics engineering from Oestfold College. Before he decided to become an engineer he has worked as a bartender and bouncer, salesman and he spent 2 years as a fisherman on a long-liner. He has worked with prototyping of mobile hydraulics and ROVs. He has recently, as of 2015 entered the world of fiction writing. He is married and have a 7 year old daughter. When not writing he plays the guitar. He has as of September 2018 gone back to writing after an almost 3 year hiatus. He is the kinda guy that appreciates a review whether it be good or bad. He believes it makes him a better writer... Jacob Mossberg publishes through Smashwords.com

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The Moneylender Of Levantine

By Jacob Mossberg

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Chapter 1

In the city of Levantine there once lived a man. He was a wealthy man. He wore golden chains around his neck, and he had gold rings on his fingers. He had slaves, and a manservant named Medark Nod. He owned a construction business, a grain mill and two brothels. He was also a money lender with stiff interest rates. His name was Barteloc Strathin. He had murdered his wife for her money before she could give him any children, and he never remarried. He had slept with several of his female slaves, but none of them had ever given him children either. He had no living relatives. The closest thing he had to family was Medark.

Medark had been with Barteloc for a long time, working his way from up from slavery to trusted associate, with regular pay and days off. He had seen something in him, himself. Medark knew all his secrets, and had aided him in getting rid of his wife. In fact Medark was the one that killed her. He had made it look like a robbery. Stabbing her to death in the Dockside Quarter, when she was coming back from the grain mill. The same mill that now belonged to Barteloc. He also inherited the construction business, which she in turn had inherited from her late father. The brothels he had acquired after his wife's tragic murder. He had cried and weeped at her funeral, lamenting the loss of his beloved wife. Barteloc Strathin was not without acting skills.

Barteloc had made sure that Medark was treated better than