The Hero's Squire

They call him Rat-a child of the Yiga, cast down into the darkness. Surviving in the Depths, he lives for vengeance against the swordsman Link.

When Rat's battle with the hero takes an unexpected turn, he lands at the mercy of the man he tried to kill. He discovers Link is not as callous as he believed. There's a man behind the hero, with his own struggles and dreams, who might be worthy of Rat's respect, maybe even his trust.

But the Yiga don't forget, and they don't forgive. As Rat's loyalties shift, he finds himself on the run for his life. To earn his freedom and save his newfound family, he'll have to face his past and return to the Depths, and become his own kind of hero.

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