Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet
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Isbn:9781841493732
Author:Fiona McIntosh
Pages:0
Publisher:Orbit
When Wyl Thursk, General of the Morgravian Legion, is forced to watch the torture of Myrren, a young woman accused of witchcraft, it seems little enough comfort to speed her passing. But Myrren is grateful for even this small mercy and promises Wyl a gift. He thanks her but dismisses the notion - what could this poor, doomed girl give to him?It is only years later that Wyl, shorn of his friends and allies, betrayed by his king, and forced to make an impossible choice, remembers the dying words of the young woman about to burn for her crime of witchcraft. As his enemys sword draws closer, Wyl finally understands the meaning of Myrrens gift, and he wonders how one act of kindness could have unleashed such evil...