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Cadoc's Contract

Cadoc's Contract

A veteran returns home after a disastrous year on crusade. Weary of war and death he hopes to make amends for abandoning his kin, yet a dark secret shadows his every step.

Would you take a hundred lives to save your own?

Cadoc wanted more than the life of a simple farmer. So, when Artur, Duke of Kas Mendoc raised his banner, Cadoc answered the call, marching south to enlist in a great crusade against the Oskoi. He travels to a distant land and carves his name in the bodies of the dead.

Yet Cadoc has a secret, a contract made with the gods to give him the strength he needs to survive this bloody war. One hundred souls – a debt of blood to a hungry god. But disaster strikes and Cadoc flees for his life. Can he face the men he left behind and account for those he killed? Has he paid his debt, or was his soul part of the price?

Cadoc's Contract is the prelude to The Lords of Skeinhold, a dark and sensual fantasy series set in a vibrant world. The story is set six years before The Weaver's Boy.

Praise for Cadoc's Contract

Cadoc's Contract is an enticing read that further cements Rosser – for me – as one of the new breed of rising stars on the Aussie Spec-fic scene. With a sure and confident hand Rosser weaves his tale with the same skills as the mystical 'weavers' in his world, enthralling the reader with strong and heartfelt characters, engaging dialogue and heart pounding fight scenes.

Mark Timmony, author of The Blood of the Spear.

Ulysses in Brief...Rosser is a consummate wordsmith. His metaphors and similes are perfection, and his ability to draw us into the moment with the hardened-soldier voice of his narrative evokes all the right emotions.

D. Hart St. Martin, author of Soul Doubt and the Lisen of Solsta series.

Strongly developed characters in a small package help advance this story. This prequel to The Weaver's Boy sets the stage of what looks to be an epic dark fantasy series.

Troy A. Hill, author of The Penllyn Chronicles.

Read Cadoc's Contract

Chapter 1: Crossing

Cadoc and his men make the perilous crossing home after a year of fighting in a brutal crusade.

– 12 min read

Chapter 2: Lair

Cadoc's remembers his ill-fated bargain with the bwgal.

– 16 min read Members

Chapter 3: Tally

Cadoc buries the dead, and remembers those he killed.

– 8 min read Members

Chapter 4: Skelgard

With their journey almost at an end, Cadoc hire out as caravan guards with the help of a mysterious Venyk priest.

– 10 min read Members

Chapter 5: Caravan

While meandering along the Prince's Highway, Cadoc comes to the aid of a high-born Venyk woman bound for Kas Mendoc.

– 15 min read Members

Chapter 6: Kas Mendoc

Cadoc and his men find a moment's respite in the keep of Kas Mendoc.

– 11 min read Members

Chapter 7: Reckoning

Home in Skeinhold at last, Cadoc faces the ultimate reckoning for a bargain paid in the blood of the fallen.

– 12 min read Members

Chapter 8: Ashes

A funeral, and another bargain.

– 14 min read Members

Chapter 9: Beginnings

As Cadoc accepts the mantel of Lord of Skeinhold, fate intervenes once again.

– 12 min read Members