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Tales of the Left Hand, Book One John Meagher
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4.9 • 47 Ratings
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In the tropical-island region known as the Frees, magic is growing stronger, and gunpowder is becoming less reliable. Amid this world of "swashbuckling, intrigue, and a dash of magic," two adventurers literally run into each other and are forced to fight together against pirates, sinister assassins and powerful merchant families, in the process developing a most unlikely friendship.
Tesca is the Left Hand, a spy and assassin serving the Duke of Kohaya, ruler of one of the independent realms within the Frees. Kayrla is a sailor and sometime pirate with a few magical tricks up her sleeve. While fleeing the wrath of her former captain, Kayrla collides with Tesca, who’s on a mission of his own, and her captain, assuming them to be partners, sics his crew on both of them. Cutting their way free of the pirates' wrath, the pair come to realize that they make a very effective team, but will their combined talents be enough to stop an assassin seeking the Duke’s life, and who appears to be more than a match for either Tesca’s blades or Kayrla’s magic?
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Tesca and Kayrla, mistakenly identified as partners by her former captain Jolly Red, must work together to escape from Red's enraged pirate crew.
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Tesca and Kayrla manage to elude the pirates, but at the cost of Tesca learning Kayrla's secret.
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For a change, our heroes try to talk their way out of trouble, and Tesca is challenged to a duel.
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Customer Reviews
Love these books!
The story, the characters, the cultures, the action and intrigue are all wonderful. When the author reads it they all come alive. The characters voices are so charmingly distinct I know who is speaking before the narrator tells us. The story does address racism but never glorifies it or wallows in it. Treat yourself to an engulfing tale of magic adventure and swashbuckling on the high seas! I have just dove overboard for at least my 6th journey to the Frees, join us won’t you?
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