The Drouhin of Shaddimur

Kalainen the Drouhin is a distrusted outsider in the sprawling port of Shaddimur, living by solving crimes that baffle the city watch. As war looms between the Seven Cities, a killer has been assassinating high-ranking members of Shaddimur society. Aided by his apprentices, Yanni, a gutter urchin, and Mardenifol, a noble's son with a predilection for chemistry, Kalainen must use his wits to solve the puzzles left by a renegade spy and prevent the war by finding conclusive proof of the identity o