The Water Blade, Stuart Jaffe
The Water Blade, Stuart Jaffe
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The Water Blade

Author: Stuart Jaffe

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/18/2022

Synopsis

A brave warleader on a quest for a mythical weapon, Axon Coponiv is forced to look outside her trusted party for help when one of her own is mysteriously slain. She turns to Zev Asterling, a failed businessman, displaced aristocrat, and psuedo-detective, to help her find out who killed her man and why. The mystery deepens as Zev realizes that the killer must be someone close to Axon, perhaps even one of the others in her band.

Is it Pilot, the genial but deadly warrior who has served alongside Axon for many years? Henlio, the quiet but steady sword who has stood by her through battle after battle? Or the mysterious witch Bellemont, one of the mysterious Stolen, about whom little is known?

To get to the bottom of this mystery, Zev will have to use all his intelligence and guile, not only to find the killer, but also to stay alive as the party traverses the treacherous distance to Castle Ridnight and the legendary Water Blade, the only weapon that can stop the encroachment of the armies of the West and their mysterious god-leader known only as The Beast.

About Stuart Jaffe

Stuart Jaffe is the madman behind the Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries, the Nathan K thrillers, the Parallel Society series, the Malja Chronicles, the Bluesman books, Founders, Real Magic, and so much more. His unique brand of old pulp adventure mixed with a contemporary sensibility brings out the best in a variety of SF/F sub-genres. He trained in martial arts for over a decade until a knee injury ended that practice. Now, he plays lead guitar in a local blues band, The Bootleggers, and enjoys life on a small farm in rural North Carolina. For those who continue to keep count, the animal list is as follows: one dog, two cats, three aquatic turtles, and thirteen chickens. As best as he's been able to manage, Stuart has made sure that the chickens do not live in the house.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on July 17, 2024

"The Water Blade" by Stuart Jaffe is book one in "The Ridnight Mysteries" series. I enjoyed the mystery behind it of who killed someone in the group. I'm glad that Axon seeked out help from Zev to figure out who did it. Axon is the leader of her group when one of her own gets murdered. They are look......more

Goodreads review by Sienna on January 15, 2025

This book was absolutely fantastic, and can not wait to read the rest of the series! The mystery, plot, and character developments were complex, and interesting to read. I was enthralled with the magic systems, and world building this book thought up, and would love to see more of its complexities t......more

Goodreads review by Robbie on June 04, 2023

This wasn't bad. I liked the mystery side of this more than the fantasy side. Both aspects, though, played out like things were edited out and I found a lot of it unbelievable. The mystery just kind of got solved eventually and the fantasy seemed to be trying to suggest a more dynamic world but didn......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 12, 2021

Warleader Axon Coponiv and her group are on their way to Castle Ridnight to find the legendary Water Blade. It is the only weapon that can stop the armies of the West and their mysterious leader known only as The Beast. One of her men gets killed. She asks Zev Asterling, a pseudo-detective to help f......more

Goodreads review by Penny on June 08, 2021

I have been reading this author for years, so I will read just about anything he writes. I was excited to see this new series by him and dived in. Axon and Zev were the main characters in this book, but they were by no means the only interesting ones. I found all of them to be interesting in their o......more

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