It was supposed to be a simple job. Steal a gem, fence it to his normal guy, get paid and enjoy the company of one of Marie's lovely ladies for the night. Instead Remarin is running across rooftops dodging armored men and crossbow bolts, the blood of his favorite fence dripping from his enchanted talking dagger, with a rescued street urchin at his side. As simple jobs go, this one leaves something to be desired. Best-selling author John G. Hartness presents Queen of Book I - Betrayal, the first in a three-part serialized novel featuring Remarin, a thief with poor impulse control, Trand, his partner trapped inside a dagger for a dalliance with the wrong mage's wife, and Kit, a street urchin with secrets of his own. A light-hearted epic fantasy in the vein of David Eddings, Raymond Feist, Michael J. Sullivan and Fritz Leiber, Queen of Kats will be released as three quarterly novellas, each containing a complete portion of the novel. All three segments will be released by March 2016, when the full novel will be put on sale and the novellas will vanish into the ether, like all good thieves. Included in Part I is Shadow Garden - a Deadly Curiosities short story from Gail Z. Martin!

They escaped her lethal present, now his past has caught up to them. He's the World's Greatest Thief. She's his daring apprentice. It's just a simple heist. Every one of those things is a lie. Remarin and Kit have built a decent life for themselves in Casterlane after wandering for years, running from King Alexander I of Veosia, who also happens to be Kit's usurping uncle. Kit is really Kitarina Rutvor, the heir to the throne of Veosia. But when her uncle murdered her father and plotted her demise, she vanished into the night with Remarin, a dashing thief. But Remarin is much more than he seems, and his past is about to catch up to him in the person of the man sitting in the bar Remarin secretly owns. Family drama, past loves, courtly intrigue, magic, daring heists, protective assassins and talking daggers all weave together in a tapestry of lies, loves, and legends that is Queen of Kats.

The thrilling conclusion to the Queen of Kats fantasy series! Remarin and Kit have returned to the scene of the crime in Bravis, ready to depose the usurper King Alexander and avenge the murder of Kit's father, the rightful king. But nothing is as easy as it should be, and sacrifices will have to be made before Kit can ascend the throne as the Queen of Kats!