Bøger af Penelope Wallace

Question 34. Can the poor ever get justice?In the land of Ricossa, rich people use brutal and permanent methods to protect their secrets.An eccentric pauper is knocked down and killed in a tavern. Drunken manslaughter or deliberate murder? The victim's niece Hridnaya is determined to find out which.But the case has already been closed. She's an insignificant servant. She can't read or write.And she can't talk.

"We do not kill children; we do not commit rape; we do not take pleasure in torment."Dorac Kingsbrother was one of the King's Thirty in the kingdom of Marod. That was before he was found guilty of the murder of Lord Gahran's three children. Though Gahran was a traitor, his children were innocent. The code of the King's Thirty leaves no room for such a barbaric act, and for this heinous crime Dorac faces a life in exile. The shame of such a sentence is something that Dorac can't brook, and so he sets off on a journey to the Old Stones, the place where those that seek death meet their end. Followed by Gormad, a child in search of adventure, Dorac is not alone on his final journey. But not everyone believes that Dorac is guilty. Gemara Kingsister, head of the Six, investigates the murder of Gahran's children; though there is more at stake than the life of a lone warrior in this, the first of the Tales from Ragaris.

To the hall with six flamesCall the great of the nineFor an heir to the king.They will seek for a sign.Who should rule the powerful land of Jaryar when its childless king dies? Instead of preparing for war, the two contenders agree to that extraordinary thing, an election. "A contest? A duel? A game of chess?""Yes, perhaps. A fair game."Fifty-one high-ranking men and women will hear the arguments, and then choose between Queen Nerranya of Marod and Duke Haras of Vard.So everyone comes to the peaceful city of Vach-roysh, capital of the land that gave up its independence long ago - the Tenth Province of Jaryar.They bring their prejudice and ambition, bribery and blackmail - and the prophecy uttered by a dying woman.And murder. For this game is far from fair.Bowing down to be raisedFor the Dream, and God's law -But the sheep, they all waitFor mild peace or grim war.

Who should rule the powerful land of Jaryar when its childless king dies? Instead of preparing for war, the two contenders agree to that extraordinary thing, an election.

A pauper is killed in a tavern. Manslaughter or Murder? His niece is going to find out which. But she's just a servant, she can't read, she can't write, and she can't talk.

Dorac Kingsbrother has been found guilty of the murder of Lord Gahran's children. Though Gahran was a traitor, his children were innocent. There is no room for such a barbaric act, and for this heinous crime Dorac faces a life in exile.