The Black Handled Cleaver

Step into the life of a Rockspine outlaw with nothing on his agenda but blood and brotherhood. Follow Nero, an initiated member of the Black Rats as the fight is brought to them by their enemies, the Spinecircles. The town of Sagdum might not survive the carnage.
With battle comes loss, injury, and brutality. Sometimes it’s better to die than find out exactly what you would do to stay alive.

Across the Star in the bridge-side town of Greycrossing a resentful son decides that twenty-three cycles are enough to keep his feelings buried. The fate of the family trade, their livelihood and the blood that ties them lies in the swing of a blade with a black handle.

Set in the same world as Mother Vixen, this novella can be read as a companion or as a standalone story.