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On a Crooked Track

Karen Myers

Book 4 of The Chained Adept

Setting a trap to catch the makers of chained wizards.

A clue has sent Penrys back to Ellech, the country where she first appeared four short years ago with her mind wiped, her body stripped, and her neck chained. It’s time to enlist the help of the Collegium of Wizards which sheltered her then.

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Things don’t work out that way, and she finds herself retracing a dead scholar’s crooked track and setting herself up as a target to confirm her growing suspicions. But what happens to bait when the prey shows its teeth?

In this conclusion to the series, tracking old crimes brings new dangers, and a chance for redemption.

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On a Crooked Track

Publication date: January 3, 2017. 307 pages.
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The World of The Chained Adept

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The World as a Steppe Hound

The World as a steppe hound

Ellech, in the North

Kigali and its neighbors

Kigali and its neighbors

The Southern Continent

Important locations in the Southern Continent