Strong Wine

<p>Retired soldier Damiskos and his lover Varazda have been living together in Boukos for a month and their future is beginning to look bright. Then Damiskos receives a letter summoning him home to Pheme-where his parents are deeply in debt his brother is being hunted by loan sharks and an unwanted arranged marriage looms.</p><p><br></p><p>And that's <em>before </em>Damiskos is charged with murder. </p><p><br></p><p>Fortunately he's not alone. Old friends are back in Pheme. And Varazda-eunuch sword-dancer and spy-has solved mysteries before. But saving his lover from execution <em>and </em>from marriage will take time and with only days until Dami's trial time is running out.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Strong Wine </em>is the third book in the Sword Dance trilogy the conclusion of Dami and Varazda's story from <em>Sword Dance </em>and <em>Saffron Alley</em>. This time with fake fortune tellers real courtroom drama and ... fertilizer?</p><p><br></p>