The Three Musketeers meets Joe Abercrombie via Mark Lawrence: 'Guaranteed to increase household
swashbuckling by 100% ' says Library Journal The Greatcoats are travelling magistrates bringing
justice to all . . . or at least they were before they watched the Dukes impale their King's
head on a spike. Now the land's heroes are reviled as traitors their Greatcoats in
tatters.Facio Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as mercenaries but when they find
their employer dead - and are forced to watch as the killer plants evidence framing them for
the murder - they realise things are about to get even worse.For the royal conspiracy that
began with overthrowing an idealistic young king is spreading to Rijou the most corrupt city
in the land and the life of a young girl hangs in the balance. When every noble is a tyrant
and every knight is a thug the only thing you can really trust is a traitor's blade.
