Hope and Red

“Skovron's eye for characterization and situations is exceptional” in an action-packed fantasy novella that makes for a “compelling coming-of-age yarn” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Hope's old life ended the night her entire village was massacred by the emperor's forces. Now, trained in secret by a master warrior, her new life is centered on only one goal: vengeance. Red lives by the skin of his teeth and sharpness of his wit. An expert thief and a brilliant con artist, he cares for onl