The Serpent
This series is getting better as the author goes along . . . character development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs.”—SFReader.com “[P]rose as cold and hard as the metal alloy of a tank . . . rivals Crane ...
In 17th Century Venice exists a mysterious establishment known only as the Gameshouse.
Oceans of blood have stained Scotland's shores for a century.
Imprisoned by her mother, the Dictatress, in a tower for seventeen years, Cija is released and given the task of seducing Zerd, the half-man, half-serpent commander of an invading army
... the lieutenant's attention to his ex-wife. Talitha wondered what the lieutenant could possibly want to speak with her about. Lieutenant Davis pulled his hand back from Talitha and extended it to shake Frank's hand. “How do you do, sir ...