Tales from the Black Night: Episode 1

Some bounties change your fortune. This one changes your soul.  In a realm where coin outweighs loyalty and magic is the privilege of the powerful, survival belongs to those willing to bend their morals—or break them.Imium Uligino is a branded man, a disgraced mercenary scraping out a living in the shadows of a unified kingdom that has no use for his kind. When a high-paying bounty leads him inland to the quiet town of Rubicund Grove, he expects another routine capture, but his quarry is no ordinary fugitive.Behind noble blood and scholarly pursuits lies something far more dangerous than political betrayal. As dusk falls and the line between the natural and unnatural begins to fray, Imium is forced into a confrontation that shatters everything he thought he understood about magic… and himself.This serial short story serves as a companion piece for the Law of Sacrilege series but stands all on its own. Lovers of fantasy, epic adventure, hard hitting action, and a dash of horror will find themselves glued to the page.