Dirac Dist A Punta De Espada Book

It begins with a single drop of blood on a freshly fallen field of snow:

it is a wonderful start, and from there the book only gets better.

George R.R.

Martin La Ribera, home to pickpockets and prostitutes, is the lower district of an unnamed city dominated by the Council of Lords.

There, aristocrats go incognito, leaving their sumptuous mansions on the Hill, to hire the ruthless swordsmen who fight for them in duels, a sophisticated form of legal murder that serves both to satisfy wounded pride and to eliminate a political opponent.

Richard de Vier, who cannot draw his sword without spilling blood, is the best swordsman of his time, and his services are highly sought after by the powerful.

But by refusing to accept the commission of an influential nobleman, he becomes the object of his intrigues, which threatens to put a sudden end to his brilliant career.