Not Quite ScaramoucheNot Quite Scaramouche
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Book, 2001
Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, No Longer Available.Book, 2001
Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsJason Cullinane is a man with a problem. Several of them, in fact. Being an heir to an empire isn't easy. It's even worse when you decide to walk away and give the job to someone else. The problem is no one believes that you could or would walk away ... and, having done so, not immediately want it back.
Jason is still not emperor, and the plots and players haven't gotten any clearer ... or less deadly. And it looks like this time the stage is set for a major shake-up in the kingdom. Jason doesn't want the job but can't abandon the nation, and he'll do what he can to keep things from blowing up. He has help of a sort, but what a sort it is: the self-appointed soldiers (or, as they sometimes feel, nursemaids) of the errant Jason, sent by that wily off-worlder Walter Slovotsky to keep Jason in one piece, more or less.
We have Kethol, the long and lanky redhead with an easy smile, who's quick with a quip and quicker with a sword; Pirojil, the ugly one, whose looks deceive and whose might and loyalty are worth a kingdom; and the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies ... as well as one step ahead of his friends. They're all part of the Cullinane retinue, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse and the sometimes heroic Jason Cullinane, and they have their hands full.
Because no one likes a vacuum, nor one too many contenders for power. Kethol and company are going to have to do some fast adventuring to make it turn out right.
But this time even their derring-do may not be enough ... and even the grand old man Walter Slovotsky may not be able to pull the rabbit - or, in his case, dragon - out of the hat in time.
Several of them, in fact. He's the heir to an empire-but he doesn't want to be. And nobody believes that he could or would walk away, and give the job of ruling the kingdom to someone else.
In this roller coaster of a sequel to Not Exactly the Three Musketeers, it looks like the stage is set for a major shake-up in the kingdom. Jason's help in keeping everything from blowing up are the self-appointed soldiers of the errant Jason, sent by that wily off-worlder Walter Slovotsky to keep Jason in one piece . . . more or less.
There's Kethol, the long and lanky redhead with an easy smile, who's quick with a quip and quicker with a sword; Pirojil, the ugly one, whose looks deceive and whose might and loyalty are worth a kingdom; and the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies--as well as one step ahead of his friends. They're all part of the Cullinane retinue, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse and the sometimes-heroic Jason Cullinane and they have their hands full.
Because no one likes a vacuum--or one too many contenders for power, Jason's soldiers are going to have to do some fast adventuring to make it all turn out all right.
Next in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame series, Not Quite Scaramouche continues the adventures of the journeyman soldiers of Castle Cullinane (and their sometimes ill-fated leader) in all their raucous glory.
In the latest Guardians of the Flame adventure, Kethol, Pirojil, and their fellow journeyman soldiers of Castle Cullinane must prevent a dangerous conspiracy out to destroy Jason Cullinane and seize control of the kingdom. 20,000 first printing.
Hesitant about his role as heir to the empire, Jason Cullinane finds he must protect the kingdom with the help of Walter Slovotsky and a group of mis-matched, self-appointed soliders.
Jason is still not emperor, and the plots and players haven't gotten any clearer ... or less deadly. And it looks like this time the stage is set for a major shake-up in the kingdom. Jason doesn't want the job but can't abandon the nation, and he'll do what he can to keep things from blowing up. He has help of a sort, but what a sort it is: the self-appointed soldiers (or, as they sometimes feel, nursemaids) of the errant Jason, sent by that wily off-worlder Walter Slovotsky to keep Jason in one piece, more or less.
We have Kethol, the long and lanky redhead with an easy smile, who's quick with a quip and quicker with a sword; Pirojil, the ugly one, whose looks deceive and whose might and loyalty are worth a kingdom; and the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies ... as well as one step ahead of his friends. They're all part of the Cullinane retinue, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse and the sometimes heroic Jason Cullinane, and they have their hands full.
Because no one likes a vacuum, nor one too many contenders for power. Kethol and company are going to have to do some fast adventuring to make it turn out right.
But this time even their derring-do may not be enough ... and even the grand old man Walter Slovotsky may not be able to pull the rabbit - or, in his case, dragon - out of the hat in time.
Several of them, in fact. He's the heir to an empire-but he doesn't want to be. And nobody believes that he could or would walk away, and give the job of ruling the kingdom to someone else.
In this roller coaster of a sequel to Not Exactly the Three Musketeers, it looks like the stage is set for a major shake-up in the kingdom. Jason's help in keeping everything from blowing up are the self-appointed soldiers of the errant Jason, sent by that wily off-worlder Walter Slovotsky to keep Jason in one piece . . . more or less.
There's Kethol, the long and lanky redhead with an easy smile, who's quick with a quip and quicker with a sword; Pirojil, the ugly one, whose looks deceive and whose might and loyalty are worth a kingdom; and the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies--as well as one step ahead of his friends. They're all part of the Cullinane retinue, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse and the sometimes-heroic Jason Cullinane and they have their hands full.
Because no one likes a vacuum--or one too many contenders for power, Jason's soldiers are going to have to do some fast adventuring to make it all turn out all right.
Next in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame series, Not Quite Scaramouche continues the adventures of the journeyman soldiers of Castle Cullinane (and their sometimes ill-fated leader) in all their raucous glory.
In the latest Guardians of the Flame adventure, Kethol, Pirojil, and their fellow journeyman soldiers of Castle Cullinane must prevent a dangerous conspiracy out to destroy Jason Cullinane and seize control of the kingdom. 20,000 first printing.
Hesitant about his role as heir to the empire, Jason Cullinane finds he must protect the kingdom with the help of Walter Slovotsky and a group of mis-matched, self-appointed soliders.
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