Rogue Community College
A Liberty House Novel
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Publisher Description
From the author of White Trash Warlock and Dark Moon Shallow Sea, Rogue Community College is a delightful fantasy full of magic and mayhem …
Isaac Frost is an assassin. Raised in the Graveyard of the cruel and mysterious Undertaker, he has mastered the deadly art of the knife and the skill of survival, together with scores of others just like him—young men taken from their families to become the most infamous killers throughout the realms of elves and humans. But Isaac is unique: a single drop of another’s blood can confer upon him the knowledge and power of friend and foe alike.
After crossing paths with the elf queen Argent, Isaac is sent to a strange magical school for wayward practitioners in the hopes that he can learn where he—and his unusual talent—fit in the world. Isaac is charmed by the school’s chaotic nature and finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Vran, a Sea Elf haunted by secret knowledge.
But Vran isn’t the only one with secrets, and Isaac’s arrival is no accident. The Undertaker has charged him with infiltrating the school for the purpose of destroying it utterly, and his future rests on completing his mission—before the Undertaker takes matters into his own hands.
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With this fun fantasy, Slayton launches the Liberty House series, set in the world of his White Trash Warlock. Isaac Frost was born with a strange skill—consuming a drop of a magic user's blood will temporarily give him their powers—which he uses to rescue young sea elf Vran from goblin mercenaries. Vran knows of Isaac's reputation as one of a gang of assassins led by the mysterious Undertaker, but Isaac explains that he's run away from that deadly operation and he's looking for answers about who he was before the Undertaker took him in. In gratitude, Vran brings Isaac to his home, a magical college where the elves educate the next generation of Guardians to protect their realms. Here, Isaac gets a chance at a normal life, with classes, friends, and, as he gets closer to Vran, even romance. But each of his new friends has something to hide, and Isaac's own secret may be the biggest of all: he hasn't really run away. The Undertaker sent him to assassinate the "beating, living heart" of the school itself. The college setting and accessible prose means this will have crossover appeal for YA readers. Propulsive, funny, and on-point with its social critique, this promises good things for the series to come.
