Dread Brass Shadows: From the Files of Garrett by Glen Cook

Author:Glen Cook [Cook, Glen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Detective, General
ISBN: 9780451450081
Google: GkX3_UIZwgMC
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1990-05-22T05:00:00+00:00

He gestured at the cadaverous old man. "Escort our guests, if you will."

The old man bowed, then led me and Winger to the castle gate. I kept a sharp eye on the old boy. I didn’t need to get pushed through any secret doors. I tried making conversation about his boss. He wasn’t having any. Maybe that wasn’t smart for a guy in his position.

Winger took up the slack. "I’m disappointed in you."

"I’m disappointed in me a lot, too. What did I do to break your heart?"

"That guy is a ripe fruit."

"A whole orchard."

"Worked right . .

"I couldn’t take the clown. He could probably tell me something I need to know, but d like to hold his toes in a fire for a while."

"Garrett!"

"You got yourself tied in with a loony, Winger. He’ll get you killed. I’ll take your word you weren’t working with those guys who chased me a while back. But I noticed some of them were there, hanging around in the background. You better keep your eyes open." I had a feeling they’d been dogging her since Easterman hired her. A character like him would use a tactic like that.

I had no sympathy for Fido. I didn’t owe him squat. And now I had an idea who’d done Squirrel. I’d pass it on next time I saw Crask or Sadler.

We got out of that bughouse. I didn’t look back. "Winger, you know anything about the book?"

"Only that it’s supposed to be about so by so and weigh fifteen to twenty pounds. The pages are brass."

"Brass. Brass shadows. It’s what the dwarves call a book of shadows. Each page has a character described on

it. Whoever reads the page can become the character written there."

"Say what?"

We were safely away, without any tail I could spot. I led her to the steps of a public building. They still consider public buildings public here For now. Subjects gather on the steps. Sometimes they live there in good weather We could plant ourselves and talk without get-

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