Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, week eight

The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 2

Slightly over a third of a book. It’s humming along nicely, and I’ve just hit The Black Moment in our Victorian era. Things are about to get interesting for them, which means it’s time for me to go back to working on the Carolingian era.

Cliffhangers are awesome.

Excerpt time. This might be the last one — it’s getting spoilery in here.

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“Douglas, tomorrow morning, you go to the Opera house and audition for the orchestra,” Mystere said....