Ilanna, Master of the Night Guild, faces a string of gruesome murders that threaten the peace of her city. The body count is rising and a power-hungry Duke is eager to pin the blame on her and remove the Guild from power. She vows to unmask the culprit before more innocents are slain or, worse, her own followers wind up the next victims.
An immortal assassin and a cunning thief. Both are determined to bring justice to the slain at any cost.
As long as they don’t kill each other first…
An epic clash ten books in the making! Worlds collide as the Hunter and Ilanna face off in a battle for the city of Praamis.
If you enjoy thrilling murder mysteries and pulse-pounding sword and sorcery, you’ll LOVE Darkblade Justice. Prepare for total immersion in the dark underground and grim streets of Andy Peloquin’s epic fantasy world!
More Books by Andy Peloquin
Queen of Thieves
Book 1: Child of the Night Guild
Book 2: Thief of the Night Guild
Book 3: Queen of the Night Guild
Traitors’ Fate (Queen of Thieves/Hero of Darkness Crossover)
Hero of Darkness
Book 1: Darkblade Assassin (May 29th)
Book 2: Darkblade Outcast (June 5th)
Book 3: Darkblade Protector (June 19th)
Book 4: Darkblade Seeker (July 10th)
Book 5: Darkblade Slayer (August 7th)
Book 6: Darkblade Savior (September 4th)
Book 7: Darkblade Justice (October 2nd)
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I am, first and foremost, a storyteller and an artist--words are my palette. Fantasy is my genre of choice, and I love to explore the darker side of human nature through the filter of fantasy heroes, villains, and everything in between. I'm also a freelance writer, a book lover, and a guy who just loves to meet new people and spend hours talking about my fascination for the worlds I encounter in the pages of fantasy novels.
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Glossary
Gods of Einan
Kiro, the Master: God of virtue and nobility
Deralana, Lady of Vengeance: Goddess of warriors and vengeance
Garridos, the Apprentice: God of ventures and enterprise
The Maiden: Goddess of purity, devotion, and festivities
The Illusionist: God of coin, success, and madness
The Bright Lady: Goddess of healing
The Swordsman: God of war, heroism, and metal-smithing
The Mistress: Goddess of trysts, secrets, and whispered truths
The Bloody Minstrel: God of sickness, plague, and horrible music
The Watcher: God of the night, god of justice and vengeance. Thieves and criminals know him as “the Watcher in the Dark”.
The Lonely Goddess: Goddess of orphans and broken hearts
The Beggar God: God of outcasts, the destitute, and the needy
The Long Keeper: God of death.
Kharna, the Destroyer, Breaker of Worlds: evil god, seeks to destroy the world
Darkblade Savior Characters
(in order of appearance/mention)
The Hunter of Voramis/Hardwell/Drayvin: legendary assassin, half-demon, wielder of Soulhunger (Chapter 1)
Lord Knight Moradiss: knight in service to the Beggar Priests, commander of the Cambionari of Malandria, wielder of Ildaris, slain by the Hunter in Darkblade Outcast (Chapter 1)
Taiana: the Hunter’s wife from a lifetime and thousands of years ago, the woman he’s dreamed of and crossed a continent to see (Chapter 1)
Neroth: Bucelarii fighting with Taiana in Enarium, slain by Elivasti wielding Scorchslayers (Chapter 1)
Kalil: Bucelarii fighting with Taiana in Enarium, young and naïve, slain by the Hunter (Chapter 1)
Hailen: child cared for by the Beggar Priests, innocent to an extreme, the Hunter’s ward, possesses mysterious new abilities (Chapter 1)
Kiara/Celicia: Fourth of the Bloody Hand, enemy turned ally, protected Hailen from the Stone Guardians, helped the Hunter reach the city of Enarium (Chapter 1—see Darkblade Assassin)
The Sage: shadowy figure mentioned by Toramin and Garanis in Darkblade Outcast, again mentioned by Queen Asalah in Darkblade Protector, demon, introduced in Darkblade Seeker, devious as all hell, slain by the Devourer of Worlds (Chapter 2)
The Warmaster: ruler of the Masters of Agony, vicious bastard, delights in torture, psychopath, slain by the Hunter in Darkblade Seeker (Chapter 2)
Cerran: Bucelarii fighting beside Taiana, fiery red hair and beard, treacherous bastard, locked in the Chambers of Sustenance by the Hunter (Chapter 3)
Father Reverentus: high priest of the Beggar God in Voramis, old, member of the Cambionari, not the Hunter’s biggest fan (Chapter 4— see Darkblade Assassin and Darkblade Slayer)
Farida: Child saved by the Hunter (in Life for a Life), sold flowers, slain by the demon in Darkblade Assassin (Chapter 4)
Bardin: former Illusionist Cleric, homeless madman, very bald, slain by the demon Toramin in Darkblade Outcast (Chapter 4)
Master Eldor: former trainer of the Hunter, Elivasti, well-respected, pawn of the Sage, slain by the Hunter in Darkblade Seeker (Chapter 4)
Arudan: albino Bucelarii, bald, former Secret Keeper, not fully right in the head (Chapter 5)
Graeme: alchemist, lover of erotic poems and romances, member of the information-collecting Hidden Circle, the Hunter’s only “friend” in Voramis (Chapter 5—see Darkblade Assassin)
Jaia: the Hunter and Taiana’s daughter, locked away in the Chambers of Sustenance, very much alive somewhere on Einan (Chapter 7)
Garnos: Elivasti Elder working with Taiana against the Sage, an honorable man, slain by his own kind (Chapter 11)
Setin and Ardem: Elivasti guards in the Pit, vicious bastards, slain by the Hunter (Chapter 14)
Sir Danna Esgrimon: Knight of the Order of Piety in service to the Beggar God in Malandria, redhead, Cambionari priest, seeking vengeance for the death of her apprentice, slain by the Stone Guardians in Darkblade Slayer (Chapter 14)
Ryat: prisoner in the Pit, spent his entire life in captivity, waiting to die, natural-born leader (Chapter 14)
Ryken: Detrarch of the Blood Sentinenls, slain, a suitable disguise to get the Hunter into the Pit (Chapter 26)
Toramin: demon in human flesh, murderer, slain by the Hunter in Darkblade Outcast (Chapter 27)
Rothia: Garnos’ wife, chief gardener of the Terrace of the Sun and Moon, skilled with a trowel, sharp-tongued (Chapter 28)
Engen and Iyadar: Elivasti guards in the Pit, slain by the Hunter (Chapter 29)
Kharna: not a god, last of the surviving Serenii, bound to the Illumina to defend Einan against the Devourer of Worlds (Chapter 36)
Athid: freed prisoner, the Hunter’s escort through the mob (Chapter 49)
Evren: pickpocket and clever thief from Darkblade Slayer, knows more about the Master’s Temple than he lets on, hiding dark secrets, recruited to the Hunter’s mission of feeding Kh
arna (Epilogue)
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