James Howard, a successful writer and a carefree sophisticate without close family ties, was not eager to desert his metropolitan haunts to journey to a small village on the Devon shore. But he did feel an obligation at least to visit his dead brothe...
Oric returns from an early-morning foraging expedition to find his home, Dunburton Manor, sacked by a band of marauders. Alchemist Deveril, Oric's mentor and friend, lies fatally wounded. The old man thrusts a key into Oric's hand, saying that it ...
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Lockton Castle, a four day ride from Bayersby Manor, is in the grip of an epidemic. Concerned that the disease will spread if left unattended, Sir Edred sends young Apothecary Oric to administer to the sick.<...