![]() ![]() But as the book description explains: …the lies you tell will be the death of you.Ĭompany of Liars is absorbing, compelling reading. Food is scarce the land is slowly starving as a result of bad weather and poor harvests, and everyone has secrets, dark secrets that they want to ensure remain hidden at all costs. The company are forced to travel around in England in an attempt to out-run the plague as it begins sweeping across the country, but that is not the only danger. ![]() This company comprises of Camelot, a disfigured travelling relic-seller and pedlar of hope Zophiel, a magician and conjuror with a wagon full of secrets Rodrigo, a musician and his apprentice, Jofre, both natives of Venice Osmund and Adela, a young couple on the run, and who are expecting their first child Pleasance, a herbalist and midwife Cygnus a storyteller with one arm and one wing and finally, a small strange girl, Narigorm, who reads the runes. Under strained circumstances, where no-one is willing to completely trust another, a diverse group of people are brought together, for no matter how suspicious you are, you will not survive alone. As the first victims begin to fall, panic begins to spread. The book begins in 1348, and news of the plague has reached England. ![]()
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