Teen Ink

Summary: Moe Leonseph is a cast-off orphan who somehow found his way into the good graces of the most infamous crime lord in the land: the Estevican Guildmaster. Trained as both a minstrel and a thief, he now works for the Guild, clashing with pirates on the high seas and chasing down valuable intelligence on foreign shores—all in the name of national security. When a traitor's plans threaten to tear the Guild apart from the inside out, Moe must join forces with the Guildmaster's lovely but sheltered daughter, Alyss, and hunt down the conspiracy's instigators—an adventure of swordplay, political intrigue, and romance that will take them from the seedy back alleys of Estevica to the foot of the royal Sandrelan throne. The fate of the kingdom is at stake, and their success could save the lives of thousands.