No matter how strong or invulnerable

you believe yourself to be, this forest has

ways of proving you wrong.

The Lord Commander

of the Royal Court has grown bored,

but her curiosity is piqued

when she hears of a savage killer

loose in her city.

An orphan

ripped from her village

finds herself suddenly connected

to a vicious string of murders,

but all she wants to do

is return home so she can

bury her mother.

Oh, and there’s a werewolf knight.

ORPHAN’S RITE

is a companion novel set in the

DEAD MEN ARE DYING universe.

In a world where humans

born with a celestial mark

are instilled with powerful,

game-changing abilities.

And those without…

survive as best they can.