Mortedant's Peril

Irody can speak to the dead.But the living want him silenced.Mortedants can speak to the dead, and Irody Hasp is the greatest of them. Not that they’ll admit it. Or that anyone actually likes the Mortedants, in particular Irody. Nonetheless, Elbay is a city of tradition and it calls for Mortedants to attend a death. But when Irody reads a clerk’s corpse, he uncovers a vast conspiracy which sees him framed for the murder of those closest to him.With the eyes of Elbay’s nobles, guilds, and villains all turned his way, his execution is only days away. So Irody must work with unwanted allies: a street urchin and a hulking, inhuman mercenary. With danger lurking and trust a luxury, Irody must save himself, his friends and Elbay – the terrifying, complicated city he loves. Or darkness will fall on them all.PRAISE FOR RJ BARKER‘Brilliant’Robin Hobb‘A gifted storyteller’Nicholas Eames‘A splendid fantasy work . . . Highly recommended’Adrian Tchaikovsky