A Conspiracy of Truths
Alexandra Rowland
- A
- wrongfully
- imprisoned
- storyteller
- spins
- stories
- from
- his
- jail
- cell
- that
- just
- might
- have
- the
- power
- to
- save
- him—and
- take
- down
- a
- corrupt
- government.Arrested
- on
- accusations
- of
- witchcraft
- and
- treason,
- Chant
- finds
- himself
- trapped
- in
- a
- cold,
- filthy
- jail
- cell
- in
- a
- foreign
- land.
- With
- only
- his
- advocate,
- the
- unhelpful
- and
- uninterested
- Consanza,
- he
- quickly
- finds
- himself
- cast
- as
- a
- bargaining
- chip
- in
- a
- brewing
- battle
- between
- the
- five
- rulers
- of
- this
- small,
- backwards,
- and
- petty
- nation.Or,
- at
- least,
- that's
- how
- he
- would
- tell
- the
- story.In
- truth,
- Chant
- has
- little
- idea
- of
- what
- is
- happening
- outside
- the
- walls
- of
- his
- cell,
- but
- he
- must
- quickly
- start
- to
- unravel
- the
- puzzle
- of
- his
- imprisonment
- before
- they
- execute
- him
- for
- his
- alleged
- crimes.
- But
- Chant
- is
- no
- witch—he
- is
- a
- member
- of
- a
- rare
- and
- obscure
- order
- of
- wandering
- storytellers.
- With
- no
- country
- to
- call
- his
- home,
- and
- no
- people
- to
- claim
- as
- his
- own,
- all
- Chant
- has
- is
- his
- wits
- and
- his
- apprentice,
- a
- lad
- more
- interested
- in
- wooing
- handsome
- shepherds
- than
- learning
- the
- ways
- of
- the
- world.And
- yet,
- he
- has
- one
- great
- power:
- his
- stories
- in
- the
- ears
- of
- the
- rulers
- determined
- to
- prosecute
- him
- for
- betraying
- a
- nation
- he
- knows
- next
- to
- nothing
- about.
- The
- tales
- he
- tells
- will
- topple
- the
- Queens
- of
- Nuryevet
- and
- just
- maybe,
- save
- his life.
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