Retribution

The second in a fantastic fantasy series by Mark Charan Newton. Ordered to Kuvash, the exotic capital of Koton, Sun Chamber Officer Lucan Drakenfeld and his associate Leana are on the trail of a missing revered priest. They soon find him . . . or at least parts of him. When several more bodies are discovered mutilated and dumped in a public place, Drakenfeld realizes that he is hunting for a killer who delights in inflicting torture and pain. With no motive and no leads, and working in a strange city whose customs and politics are as complex as they are dangerous, he soon feels out of his depth. For Kuvash is a place of contradictions; wealth and poverty exist uneasily side by side and behind the rich facades of gilded buildings, all levels of depravity and decadence are practised. Seeking the truth here is likely to get him killed. Praise for Drakenfeld 'Newton has wrought a fast-paced fantasy thriller which should appeal to readers of C. J. Sansom' Independent on Sunday 'If Drakenfeld was a locked-room mystery, Retribution is a much more straightforward revenge novel . . . Thoroughly enjoyable' sffworld.com @MarkCN Inspired by the classical ancient world and authors such as C J Sansom, Retribution is the second Drakenfeld novel, in Mark Charan Newton's thrilling fantasy crime series.When justice fails, revenge follows . . .Having just solved a difficult case in his home city of Tryum, Sun Chamber Officer Lucan Drakenfeld and his associate Leana are ordered to journey to the exotic city of Kuvash in Koton, where a revered priest has gone missing. When they arrive, they discover the priest has already been found - or at least parts of him have. But investigating the unusual death isn't a priority for the legislature of Kuvash; there's a kingdom to run, a census to create and a dictatorial Queen to placate. Soon Drakenfeld finds that he is suddenly in charge of an investigation in a strange city, whose customs and politics are as complex as they are dangerous.Kuvash is a city of contradictions; wealth and poverty exist uneasily side-by-side and behind the rich façades of gilded streets and buildings, all levels of depravity and decadence are practised.When several more bodies are discovered mutilated and dumped in a public place, Drakenfeld realizes there's a killer at work who seems to delight in torture and pain. With no motive, no leads and no suspects, he feels like he's running out of options. And in a city where nothing is as it seems, seeking the truth is likely to get him killed . . .