A Spell of Vengeance

A Spell of Vengeance (2012) D.B. Jackson

I’m not quite sure how I missed this story when it first came out, especially considering that I read the first Ethan Kaille book last year.

But I’m not sorry I didn’t read this first, because it might have made me reluctant to read the first book, which I did enjoy.

Ethan Kaille is a thieftaker in Boston, just prior to the Revolutionary War. Earlier, he had been convicted as a mutineer and that, combined with the fact he is a spell-caster, makes him a figure of suspicion.

So he is greatly surprised when the sheriff, who has threatened him on previous occasions, brings him two men who have been threatened by magic.

What bothered me about the story was the fact that the sheriff is antagonistic to Ethan, so I don’t understand why he didn’t go after Ethan at the end of the story.

But aside from that, it was an interesting short story.
Rating: 6/10

Published by Tor Books

 
 

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