The Kestrel

The Kestrel is the second book in the Westmark Trilogy.

Preview
Theo is traveling through Westmark, learning about the country of which he will soon be prince consort of. He is not suprised to find great poverty; Mickle (now known as Princess Augusta) could have told him about that from her years on the street. His friend Florian could have told him about the aristocracy's graft and corruption. But neither of them could have foreseen a loaded pistol in the practiced hand of the pudgy assassin Skeit. The Echoes of that pistol shot ring from the muskets and cannons of a Westmark suddenly at war-a war that turns simple, honest men into cold-blooded killers, Mickle into a military commander, and Theo himself into a stranger...

Plot Summary
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Chapters
Part 1: The Beggar Queen

Part 2: The Monkey

Part 3: The Kestrel

Characters

 * Theo