Without the shards, the sun fae face giving up their magic completely, or risk death if they use their power. That ends when a routine job goes sideways, leaving Lane with a sack full of stolen sun shards-the source of sun fae power. Between working for low-lifes to bring down even lower-lifes, eating cheesy poofs by the bucket, and flirting with the criminally attractive bartender where she conducts business, life is good. The detective agency she and her sisters run on the edge of Las Vegas continues to limp along, with Lane doing more debt collecting and intimidating than investigating, but anything to pay the bills.
After a life spent dodging slurs, threats, and assassination attempts, Lane gave her past the one finger salute and ditched her former fae home for good. There is only one hybrid fae in existence, and that dishonor goes to Lane Callaghan. Part sun fae, part blood fae, all abomination. Powerful and fascinating, The Bruising of Qilwa is the newest arrival in the era of fantasy classics such as the Broken Earth Trilogy, The Four Profound Weaves, and Who Fears Death. In order to survive, Firuz must break a deadly cycle of prejudice, untangle sociopolitical constraints, and find a fresh start for their both their blood and found family. The illness is spreading quickly through Qilwa, and there are dangerous accusations of ineptly performed blood magic. But Firuz and Kofi have discovered a terrible new disease which leaves mysterious bruises on its victims. Despite the status of refugees in their new home, Firuz has a good job at a free healing clinic in Qilwa, working with Kofi, a kindly new employer, and mentoring Afsoneh, a troubled orphan refugee with powerful magic. Jafari is fortunate enough to have immigrated to the Free Democratic City-State of Qilwa, fleeing the slaughter of other traditional Sassanian blood magic practitioners in their homeland.
And if Jes can also avoid going back to being the prize subject of a scientist who can’t wait to dissect him? Even better. But when the boss sets the circus up to take the fall for his about-to-get-busted narcotics operation, Jes and his friends decide to bring the mobster down together. With no other options, Jes fulfills the requests: espionage, torture, demolition. When the boss gets wind of the bounty on Jes’ head, he makes an offer: do anything and everything asked of him, or face vivisection. It doesn’t take long for him to catch the attention of the crime boss who owns the resort-casino where he lands a circus job.
Here, everyone just wants to be lost in the party. Hunted by those who want to study his gravity powers, Jes makes his way to the best place for a mixed-species fugitive to blend in: the pleasure moon. A circus takes down a crime-boss on the galaxy’s infamous pleasure moon.
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