A Murder of Crows
Jeanette Battista
(Jeanette Battista, Oct. 21, 2016)
The streets of Aerie grow more perilous with every passing day. The quakes continue, the Great Houses fight for control of the Doge’s council, and a rogue preacher foments unrest among the common people. As a full-fledged member of House Corvus, the House of Assassins, Denevah gets a new assignment: protect Lord Savino, a rising member of House Dauricus. To make her job more difficult, Savino also happens to be the half-brother of her Match, Cyngare—the man she killed on their Match Night.Accompanied by another Crow, Benedetto, she and Savino must navigate the corridors of political power, the dangerous city streets, and unravel the plots that threaten to tear apart the mystic forces that keep the city stable. As powerful enemies attempt to use Denevah’s poisons for their own ends, her cousin Ettoni searches for a cure for her condition as a way to make amends for his part in creating her.But those wanting Denevah to remain as she is will not be so easily thwarted...