Some assassins prefer the old school from the far south to Godwalkar's rules. But not Karuna the Sorrowful, who waits for his savior to take him on as apprentice, so he can become Kilig the Sword – a honorable assassin who would never hurt women or children and has a tendency to fall in love with green-eyed men. A racy Silvery Earth novel of noose operators and male lovers.

Bonus story: Fighting Monks School