NOTE: This is NOT the entire book. This is a sample and contains only the first four chapters (105 pages which is the equivalent of 35% of the full novel). It is intended for people to "try before they buy". They killed the king. They pinned it on two men. They chose poorly. ABOUT THE BOOK There’s no ancient evil to defeat, no orphan destined for greatness, just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles until they become the unwitting scapegoats in a plot to murder the king. Sentenced to death, they have only one way out…and so begins this epic tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend.