Fate of the Argosi is the third Ferius Parfax book, which is a prequel to Spellslinger. Without spoiling the premise too much, this instalment of young Ferius will see our beloved Path of the Wild Daisy return to her deck of disharmony cards to tackle her debts. But instead, she might just find more trouble than she’s bettin’ on…
There might also be something about a goat too, but you’ll have to wait and read it to find out…
And for those of you who don’t know, or haven’t read them yet, the first two books in this series are Way of the Argosi and Fall of the Argosi, which you should go and read, because personally, I really love those two books and getting to explore Ferius’ character as she is just so much swashbuckling fun.
Les vieux maîtres de sort aiment raconter que la magie a un goût. Les sorts de braise ressemblent à une épice qui vous brûle le bout de la langue. La magie du souf e est subtile, presque rafraîchissante, un peu comme si vous teniez une feuille de menthe entre vos lèvres. Le sable, la soie, le sang, le fer… cha- cune de ces magies a son parfum. Un véritable adepte, autre- ment dit un mage capable de jeter un sort même à l’extérieur d’une oasis, les connaît tous.
'I totally saw this coming,’ Reichis growled, leaping onto my shoulder as lightning scorched the sand barely ten feet from us. The squirrel cat’s claws pierced my sweat-soaked shirt and dug into my skin.
The way of the Argosi is the way of water. Water never seeks to block another’s path, nor does it permit impediments to its own. It moves freely, slipping past those who would capture it, taking nothing that belongs to others. To forget this is to stray from the path, for despite the rumours one sometimes hears, an Argosi never, ever steals.