A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan Book 2)

He acts as assistant investigator to Ana Dolabra, a woman so brilliant she lives most of her days blindfolded and rarely leaves her rooms, for fear that common life shall overwhelm her mind. Strange to see Apoths assigned to guard duties: they were usually more concerned with tinctures and reagents. The lie must be most emotional, and emotions do not always speak truth.” “It shall have to do. His entire body began to quake, every bit of him trembling horribly, until at last his fingers flew to the arms of the throne and he began tapping arrhythmically, his fingers beating out a strange, awful rhythm.