False Light
In the aftermath of the Battle of Varna, the Ottoman frontier seethes with unrest. Janissary officer Tahsin lives by simple rules: never stand out, never volunteer, and never trust a nobleman. But when he is assigned a diplomatic mission into the fractious Serbian Despotate, those rules begin to break.
His companions are as dangerous as the land itself: Cem, an ambitious Sipahi hungry for glory, and Koja, a masked warrior whose silent strength hides a violent past. Their task, to collect the boy-levy owed to the Sultan, turns into something far darker when Despot Đurađ Brankovic demands their help in hunting a creature that mutilates its victims and steals children from their beds.
What begins as a hunt for a wolf becomes a descent into the supernatural. The soldiers uncover alchemical horrors, fae legends made flesh, and a conspiracy reaching from the Serbian court to a rogue Cardinal who traffics in forbidden miracles. As illusions warp reality and loyalties splinter, Tahsin must choose between duty and conscience, and decide what kind of man he will become.
Customer Reviews
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
