The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett

Robert Jackson Bennett

Category: Fantasy

Tags: Fantasy

In Daretanas most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies deadkilled, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, its a death at once terrifying and impossible., Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities., At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol. Din is an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory. His job is to observe and report, and act as his superiors eyes and earsquite literally, in this case, as among Anas quirks are her insistence on wearing a blindfold at all times, and her refusal to step outside the walls of her home., Din is most perplexed by Anas ravenous appetite for information and her minds frenzied leapsnot to mention her cheerful disregard for propriety and the apparent joy she takes in s