{"id":2308,"date":"2009-11-18T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2009-11-18T09:44:18","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T17:44:18","slug":"free-readin-things-that-flit-by-alex-bledsoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/news\/free-readin-things-that-flit-by-alex-bledsoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Readin’ | Things That Flit by Alex Bledsoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Burn<\/a>I recently reviewed<\/a> (and loved) The Sword-Edged Blonde<\/strong> by Alex Bledsoe<\/a>, the first in a series of detective novels that’s nothing less than Raymond Chandler meets Joe Abercrombie, with a good mix of Jim Butcher thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n

Things That Flit<\/strong> is a perfect introduction to Eddie LaCrosse, medieval gumshoe and protagonist of The Sword-Edged Blonde<\/strong> and the recently released Burn Me Deadly<\/strong>. It also serves as a good example of Bledsoe’s love-it-or-hate-it approach to writing modern prose in a pseudo-medieval world.<\/p>\n

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I was wearing my black wool cloak, silver cloak clasp, black gambeson, my lightest chain mail under a dark jerkin, gray pants and my shiniest boots. I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn\u2019t care who knew it. I was everything a well-dressed sword jockey ought to be. I was calling on the second-richest nobleman in Muscodia.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t technically a castle, but Lord Anthony Callendine\u2019s ancestral home was larger and more secure than some fortresses I\u2019d visited. A fifteen-foot stone wall topped with iron spikes surrounded it, and at each of the four corners stood a guard with sword and crossbow. Impenetrable virgin forest closed in on three sides, and only one road led to its gate. I passed through three checkpoints guarded by stiff, surly men in armor before I was ushered into the lavish garden to await the great man himself.<\/p>\n

I perused the flowers and statuary until I realized I wasn\u2019t alone. A beautiful girl of around twenty stood slightly hidden by a pomegranate tree and watched me. \u201cHello,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

She stepped into the open, and a plainer view did nothing to diminish her impact. Her dress was expensive and tailored to her exquisite shape. She had red wavy hair and the kind of sultry manner that could make young men conquer the world to impress her. \u201cWho are you?\u201d she asked in a firm, mature voice.<\/p>\n

Alas, I was no longer young, so her charms, while appreciated, moved me only to bow. \u201cEdward LaCrosse. Lord Callendine sent for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She looked me over with considerably less enthusiasm than I\u2019d had for her. \u201cAnd what do you do?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a sword jockey.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA what?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLess than a chamberlain, more than a mercenary. I help people who don\u2019t want to go through the proper channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You can find Things That Flit<\/strong> HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently reviewed (and loved) The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe, the first in a series of detective novels that’s nothing less than Raymond Chandler meets Joe Abercrombie, with a good mix of Jim Butcher thrown in for good measure. Things That Flit is a perfect introduction to Eddie LaCrosse, medieval gumshoe and protagonist of… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n