Slaying the Silence

Slaying the Silence

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Last published Fri, Aug 31, 2018

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It is 1683, during the reign of King Louis the XIV of France. With the king off to extend the borders of France, his most trusted noblemen are set in charge of overseeing his country. But a dark threat is rising - a thief known as the Silent Phantom. Dangerous and ever mysterious, the thief mercilessly raids entire villages without ever being captured. Those few who have seen his face and lived to tell the tale can speak of one thing... the white mask. Ever feared and never caught, this Phantom stretches France to the breaking point. Yet all of that changes when the Marquis de Jacques's daughter, Aria, is robbed on a lonely forest road. As time goes on, this woman begins to change the Silent Phantom. Yet at cost must mercy come? ********* Though featured on @MichellePak's account, this book is written by Emma Harrison.

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