2021/123: Paladin's Hope -- T Kingfisher

2021/123: Paladin's Hope -- T Kingfisher

...hair the color of… no, don’t start trying to decide what organ at what stage of decomposition is that shade of red. Pick something else. Something that isn't horrible. ... Smoked paprika. [p. 29]

Galen is a paladin of the Saint of Steel, and thus prone to occasional berserking: otherwise upright, moral, courageous and well-armed. Piper is a lich-doctor (think forensic pathologist) who prefers the company of corpses, has a minor wonderworking talent which he prefers not to discuss, and would also rather not discuss or even admit to having emotions. Earstripe is a gnole, working for the city guards.

Together they fight crime.( Read more... )