The Fallen Blade: Act One of the Assassini

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Book Overview

In the depths of night, customs officers board a galley in a harbor and overpower its guards. In the hold they find oil and silver, and a naked boy chained to the bulkhead. Stunningly beautiful but half-starved, the boy has no name. The officers break the boy's chains to rescue him, but he escapes.

Venice is at the height of its power. Duke Marco commands the seas, taxes his colonies, and, like every duke before him, fears assassins better...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031607439X
• ISBN13: 9780316074391
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Orbit
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"