In Jason Meares, Paladin: The Scarlet Mace, when a young lady from the university turns up with a pouch of gold for a two-day job, Joh just knew it was going to be trouble. But two days was hardly the end of the world, especially when the pouch of coin far exceeded his normal rate of a Merc-for-hire. Joh knew he could easily follow the leads and pad out the work to earn his coin. The thing was as he started looking into the disappearance of Jeremiah Hargrove, things just weren’t sitting right with him. There was that annoyingly familiar itch in the back of his skull telling him something far larger was afoot. His instincts were never wrong. As he digs deeper, he may as well be digging his own grave as the mysteries and coincidences unfold painting a target on his own back. Can he uncover the secrets, before the truth buries him for good?
A perfect combination of fantasy and intrigue unfolds in Paladin: The Scarlet Mace, taking the reader on a gripping journey of peril, discovery, and danger, as what should be a simple quest burrows down into the very foundation of faith and society. The tale is rich with lore and faith intertwined with a failing magic system, fantastic world building, charismatic characters, and questions that only a few know the answers to. Jason Meares writes in a smooth, gripping, and engaging style that is sure to captive the reader’s attention as they are thrust straight into the core of happenings so dark, so twisted, that any stumbling upon the truth cannot be allowed to live. One thing is for certain, you won’t want to miss where this story takes you.
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K.J's Athenaeum 