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Series: Fencer Trilogy
Volume: 2
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 1857239601
Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Price: £6.99
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The Belly of the Bow by K. J. Parker

Description: Bardas Loredan is an advocate in Perimadeia, where legal disputes are settled by fencing duels. When he kills the brillaint lawyer Alvise, he decides simply to leave the profession. But it's not that simple.

Perimadeia has been overrun by barbarian hordes. Bardas escpaes to the island of Scona, where he attempts to settle into a quiet life as a bowmaker. Trouble soon comes looking for him when a feud with his sister and her husband drives him towards a discovery that will change his life forever.