Famed executioner, the ‘Widowmaker’ Absalom Abbas, arrives in Larak to put down a murderess. While the war orphans of the city stand in awe of Abbas and his lurid apprentice, Sadik, they could never guess the level of the terror to come.
When the eldest sister of the orphan leader, Kyle, is substituted for the Duke of Larak’s daughter, Abbas executes the wrong person. Kyle’s rage to avenge his sister’s life blinds him to the bloody road ahead for his sacrifice. Beware a man who doesn’t want your soul, only your life…
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