Cage of Thoughts (Tales of the Thief-City Book 3)

They Cage the Animals at Night

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Everyone sees it, but no one speaks. What they all sense is a deep feeling of dread. When a dead body appears, no one is surprised. After three years, and an exhaustive police search, her parents are desperate for an answer. Dead or alive, they want to know what happened. They call in Naomi, a child finder, who represents their last chance. The Midnight Sun takes us back to the same hamlet where the mountains seem fraught with dread and death is always just an accident away.

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Tenth in the Tales of the Thief-City series.

Gareth Lewis

A 6, word short story. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 9. Even knowing his client's lying, Rax can't resist the opportunity to deal with a long-standing mystery of the city. Enchanted lovers, an evil sorcerer, and a mysterious woman who could be the death of them all. Will Rax's obsession prove his undoing? Ninth in the Tales of the Thief-City series. A 7, word short story. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 8.

Strange beings searching for something is hardly unusual in the city of Nexi. When they intersect with a murder Rax is investigating, he can't ignore them, leading him to an unsettling new world, and a theft that may not even have happened yet. Eighth in the Tales of the Thief-City series. An 11, word novelette. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 7.

Nexi is in upheaval, tensions escalating among its captive populace.

A series of grisly murders doesn't help matters, but why is an angel interested in them? And does Rax have much to gain from the hunt besides something to do? Seventh in the Tales of the Thief-City series. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 6. With gang tensions approaching breaking point all over the city, the last thing Rax wants is to be caught in the middle. When a debt comes due he doesn't have a choice, and the only solution may be to find the person responsible, or at least to survive the changes to the city.

Sixth in the Tales of the Thief-City series. In Tartarus by Gareth Lewis Price: The galaxy's sixth greatest thief is sent to Tartarus, a prison orbiting a black hole. What could possibly go wrong? A 3, word science fiction short story. Shadow Lantern by Gareth Lewis Price: Trading in magic can be costly.

A 1, word, dialogue only, fantasy short story. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 5. When a friend goes missing, Rax Darkthorn must disturb the ghosts of his past in search of an answer. The trail leads to the second-to-last place he'd want to revisit, forcing him to deal with the dead, the undying, the neverborn, and the never should have been born. Fifth in the Tales of the Thief-City series. A word fantasy novella. Grey Enigmas by Gareth Lewis Series: Alex is a detective in a world that considers them unnecessary.

When everyone is a telepath, with an inner policeman, no crime escapes notice. So a murder with no obvious culprit leaves the authorities at a loss. Woken from a virtual sentence, still unrepentantly anti-social, Alex has the opportunity to finally investigate a mystery. One which puts him in danger, and leads to more mysteries. Glyphwar by Gareth Lewis Series: Glyphpunk , Book 2. With the Society and Alliance in decline, the monarchs unite to depose the usurpers. They're hardly powerless, and growing threats from outside the kingdoms and within could be enough to send everything spiralling towards war.

And that's before Thjorn's plans reach fruition. Dwimmerscout by Gareth Lewis Price: Rumours of a remote magical resource becoming active again attract disparate factions. Artous is a dwimmerscout who examines such resources. His regular duties don't include getting between warring factions.

Sometimes it can't be helped, forcing him to negotiate a peace amid violence and veiled motives. A 3, word fantasy short story. Shadows of the Heavens by Gareth Lewis Price: Not even half-way into its first century the empire is riven by strife hidden behind a polite facade. With political factions vying for imperial influence, regional politics subverting imperial law, and society still recovering from recent wars, how much is due to mythic beings many no longer believe in? This volume collects the fifteen part story. Shadows of the Heavens. The rakshaas cannot be killed. They cannot be long contained.

How then can their threat be dealt with, or are they destined to always plague mankind? Deep in the heart of the Forest of Tears lies the domain of the rakshaas, the ruins of heaven. None who venture there are heard from again. Yet four paths seem destined to converge there. And possibly to end there. A 16, word fantasy novelette. Adajo has never really chosen his path. It always seemed so obvious. So how can he choose which mask he should be wearing?

When investigating the increasing disappearances at local farms, the choice may be taken out of his hands.

Shadows of the Heavens Part Savage Mirror by Gareth Lewis Series: Returning to Mirror of Heaven in disgrace, even his pariah status doesn't protect Prince Kazuo from Politics. With no one seeming to understand the threat the rakshaa's pose, what can he do to fight them? Her life on hold, Jaid is forced to return home at the one time she needs to stay in her new life. Even with personal matters weighing so heavily, can her curiosity resist political intrigues in her homeland? Maybe, if they don't hide things from her.

A 9, word fantasy novelette. With no memory of his life, and a burning rage driving him, Xao comes into conflict with the harsh imperial law. He's not alone, but is everyone in his resistance cell truly on their side? Grace of Spirits returns from death to confront a rakshaa hiding within the Prince's entourage. Even if he can find it, will he be in time to stop its plans? A 13, word fantasy novelette. Hiding from Hagga's claim that a curse ties her to Prince Kazuo, Jaid is desperate to disprove it, while Tsotu is assigned by the Prince to learn the Bride of Shadows' identity.

A word fantasy short story. While the Bride of Shadows increasingly trapped by Hagga's chores, Prince Kazuo feels confined by his courtiers and the recent betrayal. When a warped wood spirits attacks the Prince's escort, they're forced to deal with it together. An 8, word fantasy novelette. Another murder in Water Dances on the Rocks threatens serious political repercussions, especially when it appears one of the Prince's entourage may be involved.

An 11, word fantasy novelette. As Tsotu is unwillingly drawn into imperial political intrigues, the Bride of Shadows begins her indentured service to Hagga. While the examiner hunts a stolen object in an armed camp, the Bride must find a way to fulfil her debt without the wrong people learning her secret. A 12, word fantasy novelette. A series of thefts puts the village on edge, delaying Adajo's private investigation before he's even begun. With the army setting up nearby, and a possibly insane wood spirit at large, can he afford the time?

A word fantasy novelette. When politics is involved, the law loses.

So when anti-imperialist vandalism threatens to turn into assassination, Tsotu must find the potential killer before tensions ignite. Cursed for invoking a spirit's powers once too often, the Bride of Shadows must navigate adherency politics to maintain her freedom.

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Doing so without ending up indebted may not be easy. A scholar's murder in an unimportant village threatens to ignite political tensions in the empire. Village enforcer Adajo must accompany the city examiner investigating the death, navigating an alien landscape of intrigues and unfamiliar masks.

An word fantasy novelette. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 4. In a city run on knowledge, many believe demons are banned for the corrosiveness of their messages. So when a demon is released in Nexi, is the price of facing it more than Rax is willing to pay? Fourth in the Tales of the Thief-City series. Tales of the Thief-City , Book 3. Nexi can overwhelm newcomers. When new arrivals run afoul of the city's dangers and a young girl goes missing, they turn to Rax Darkthorn to learn what happened.

In the Thief-City, where myths walk the streets, and minds can change in back alleys, seeing is believing.

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