Under the Red Robe

“Marked cards!” A stranger’s accusation silences the table at Zaton’s—then Gil de Berault invites him into the wet Paris night to settle the matter with swords.

In 1630s Paris, duels are forbidden by Cardinal Richelieu, but Gil has made his name—and his enemies—at the point of a rapier. As he faces the young Englishman on the slippery stones behind a church, a warning from his landlord and an unexpected pang of hesitation arrive too late to make the choice easy. The Cardinal’s guards are near, and Gil’s past has already brought him trouble; one more fatal quarrel could cost him his life. Can a man who has made a trade of the sword escape the price of one more thrust?

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