Dangerous Gifts |
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| Author:
| Sebold, Gaie |
| Series title: | Babylon Steel Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78108-080-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Black Library, The
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Babylon Steel, owner of the Red Lantern brothel - and former avatar of the goddess of sex and war - has been offered a job. Two jobs, really: bodyguard to Enthemmerlee, a girl transformed into a figure of legend... and spy for the barely-acknowledged government of Scalentine. The very young Enthemmerlee embodies the hopes and fears of many on her home world of Incandress, and is a prime target for assassination. Babylon must somehow turn Enthemmerlee's useless household...
More DescriptionBabylon Steel, owner of the Red Lantern brothel - and former avatar of the goddess of sex and war - has been offered a job. Two jobs, really: bodyguard to Enthemmerlee, a girl transformed into a figure of legend... and spy for the barely-acknowledged government of Scalentine. The very young Enthemmerlee embodies the hopes and fears of many on her home world of Incandress, and is a prime target for assassination.
Babylon must somehow turn Enthemmerlee's useless household guard into a disciplined fighting force, dodge Incandress's bizarre and oppressive Moral Statutes, and unruffle the feathers of a very annoyed Scalentine diplomat. All of which would be hard enough, were she not already distracted by threats to both her livelihood and those dearest to her...