Blood on the Blade

Sometimes I feel that Fenton is as mysterious as the gods, and that he is hiding something of vital importance from me. Something that would transform my life."He has pledged himself to the god of death. He doesn't realize what that means. As Adrian delves into the mystery of his young tutor Fenton, he is drawn into a feud between his family's village and a rival village where Adrian has friends and relatives. Now that Adrian has reached the age of sixteen, he is old enough to take part in the feud. When the feud turns deadly, Adrian must choose between the ideals of his tutor and the orders of his father. The choice seems simple at first. But Adrian does not yet realize that the god to whom Adrian has pledged his service has his own plans. .This novella (short novel) of adventure and friendship is the first story in the "Law Links" volume of Young Spies, a fantasy series about a world at war, in which young men and young women take part in warfare and espionage. The series is inspired by conflicts between nations during the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages. Young Spies is part of The Great Peninsula, a cycle of fantasy series (Young Spies and The Three Lands) about an epic battle between cultures, set at a time when a centuries-old civilization is in danger of being destroyed.