The Ashen Orb Bounty
(2023)(The first book in the Shadow Blades Chronicles series)
A novel by Patrick Dugan
Cowboy Bebop meets the Witcher
In a land torn asunder by a monstrous invasion, the only thing protecting the enclaves of thinking
people in Southern Holm are high walls and the valiant warrior troops that strive to beat back the
hordes, one troll at a time. When Saria and her Shadow Blades are asked to take on a secret
bounty to retrieve a magical artifact from a forgotten temple, Saria’s suspicions aren’t aroused.
She’s too busy hiring an archer and preparing their new mage to worry about anything but the
job ahead of them.
At least not until another troop attempts to collect a bounty—on the Shadow Blades’ heads.
Saria should have known better than to accept a mission to recover this Ashen Orb for the
notorious sorceress Brar Opalback. After surviving the assassination attempt, she and her fellow
warriors—Lithia, the shadow fae archer, Perric, the human paladin, Ayre, the elven thief, and
Jileli, the half succubus blood mage—must outwit wild and deadly forests, ingenious traps, and
undead armies if they hope to get any answers.
It would be a shame to die without ever finding out who wanted you dead.
Genre: Fantasy
In a land torn asunder by a monstrous invasion, the only thing protecting the enclaves of thinking
people in Southern Holm are high walls and the valiant warrior troops that strive to beat back the
hordes, one troll at a time. When Saria and her Shadow Blades are asked to take on a secret
bounty to retrieve a magical artifact from a forgotten temple, Saria’s suspicions aren’t aroused.
She’s too busy hiring an archer and preparing their new mage to worry about anything but the
job ahead of them.
At least not until another troop attempts to collect a bounty—on the Shadow Blades’ heads.
Saria should have known better than to accept a mission to recover this Ashen Orb for the
notorious sorceress Brar Opalback. After surviving the assassination attempt, she and her fellow
warriors—Lithia, the shadow fae archer, Perric, the human paladin, Ayre, the elven thief, and
Jileli, the half succubus blood mage—must outwit wild and deadly forests, ingenious traps, and
undead armies if they hope to get any answers.
It would be a shame to die without ever finding out who wanted you dead.
Genre: Fantasy
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