Singing a lie costs nothing to a bard. Until it costs everything.
Corin Cray has a reputation for turning rich men's cowardice into courage, as long as the coin purse is heavy enough. It's a good trade, as trades go in these difficult times. It asks nothing of him but his silent cooperation.
Beneath Lord Draymoor's celebrated victory on the battlefield lies a household built on the quiet, patient work of making inconvenient people disappear. Corin has three weeks to write the commissioned ballad that will cement Draymoor's legend forever, but it's bad timing for the manor lord. Corin Cray is done singing lies.
When Corin witnesses a woman's murder at the command of Lord Draymoor, the bard doesn't run. He doesn't call out to her. He doesn't help at all. And that decision changes him forever.
He has no sword. No army. No particular reputation for courage.
What he does have is his lute, an unlikely ally with secrets as dangerous as his own, and a truth that will get him killed for singing it. When that truth finally comes out, it will be sung in front of every powerful man Lord Draymoor ever hoped to impress.
Genre: Fantasy
Corin Cray has a reputation for turning rich men's cowardice into courage, as long as the coin purse is heavy enough. It's a good trade, as trades go in these difficult times. It asks nothing of him but his silent cooperation.
Beneath Lord Draymoor's celebrated victory on the battlefield lies a household built on the quiet, patient work of making inconvenient people disappear. Corin has three weeks to write the commissioned ballad that will cement Draymoor's legend forever, but it's bad timing for the manor lord. Corin Cray is done singing lies.
When Corin witnesses a woman's murder at the command of Lord Draymoor, the bard doesn't run. He doesn't call out to her. He doesn't help at all. And that decision changes him forever.
He has no sword. No army. No particular reputation for courage.
What he does have is his lute, an unlikely ally with secrets as dangerous as his own, and a truth that will get him killed for singing it. When that truth finally comes out, it will be sung in front of every powerful man Lord Draymoor ever hoped to impress.
Genre: Fantasy
Used availability for S M Schuster's Sing Me A Lie