<p>On their way to laying their fallen leader Dante Blackhart to rest the Blades - a highly atypical mercenary band - accept a job offer. It soon becomes clear however that their employer has a hidden agenda and is being far from honest with them. Before they know it the Blades are embroiled in sorcerous shenanigans and the disappearance of a queen which leads to them defending a besieged city against an invading army in the face of impossible odds.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Fortunately they have a trick or two up their collective sleeves but at what cost and will even that be enough?</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong><em>The Blackhart Blades</em></strong> David Gullen delivers a novella of swashbuckling adventure and duplicity told with wry humour; a fantasy of found family dangerous magic good food war heroism betrayal... and terrible poetry.</p>