Black-eyed

Black-eyed is a murder mystery set in the unique fantasy world of Corlandia, a completely realised pangea of Earth's future. Mixing elements of religion and monarchy in a wide-ranging novel of adventure and subterfuge, it begins the nine novel series Corlandian Ballads, detailing the events and adventures of Corlandian characters across the super-continent. In Black-eyed, Dragan, the King's MasterSpy, is attacked in a night-shrouded alley; beating off his attackers he thinks no more of it. The following day he discovers one of the King's men murdered. Believing it the work of the Church - the Throne's age-old adversary - he investigates. That night he has another meeting with his attacker - this time he rescues a stranger - Gondo - from certain death at their hands; once again the mysterious attacker escapes. Dragan puts his organization to work trying to unravel the deepening mystery. A major blow comes as Dragan's mentor and superior is murdered in a devastating blast within the fastnesses of their camp. As the plot deepens, Dragan, secret heir to the Throne, must not only safeguard the life of his twin brother Gondo, but also face his greatest challenge, and accept the birthright that he has turned his back on for so long. Gondo must stay alive long enough to win the heart of the mysterious Marianne. Yet Marianne has secrets of her own.
Against them; the Church, led by Archbishop Archer, and a splinter group of his own operatives, working to their own ends for the strange Master, Eldar. Led by Bishop Zia, the King's daughter, the small group of fanatical betrayers are working towards the downfall of both the Archbishop and the King. With the King on his deathbed, the race is on to unravel the mystery before the Kingdom is plunged into anarchy and chaos.
Dragan and a small group of King's men save Gondo, destroy the Church's traitors, and dismay Eldar's designs. However, Dragan pays the ultimate price. Gondo takes up the mantle of his birthright, uniting the country by marriage to Marianne, revealed as the head of the real power of the Church - the mysterious Inner Sanctum.

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