by Jerry F. Westinger (Author)

"There is no bigger bastard than a man who thinks he's a hero."

A young noblewoman has an unfortunate run-in with a werewolf on her engagement night.

A fugitive necromancer sets out to restore the reputation of his maligned art.

An innkeeper nurses a dying aunt amidst rapidly mounting debts.

And around them all, a dirty city hides a web of even dirtier secrets.

Welcome to New Montres.

"Compelling and complex" ─ "Intense and thrilling" ─ Find out what the editors of Reedsy Discovery and Literary Titan loved about this award-winning fantasy mystery!