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William Morrow
May 2015
On Sale: April 21, 2015
Featuring: John Gower
419 pages
ISBN: 0062356453
EAN: 9780062356451
Kindle: B00M714L2S
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Mystery Historical
London, 1386. A mass murder has taken place within the city
walls. Sixteen corpses have been dumped where they are sure
to be found, bearing wounds like none seen before. John Gower, middling poet and expert trader in secrets, is
summoned to investigate the killings even as the ruthless
mayor of London seeks to thwart an open inquiry for reasons
unknown. Gower learns that the men have fallen victim to
handgonnes, new and terrifying weapons that threaten to
change the future of war. Challenged by deception and treachery on all sides, Gower
struggles against his failing vision even as his inquiries
take him from the city’s labyrinthine slums to the port of
Calais to the forests of Kent, where his friend Geoffrey
Chaucer serves as justice of the peace. As Gower strives to
discover the source of the new guns and the identity of
those who wielded them, he must risk everything to reveal
the truth–and prevent a more devastating massacre on
London’s crowded streets. . . .
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