Murder in Cormyr.
Autor: Chet Williamson
Vol: I
Fecha de publicación en USA: Marzo 1996
Fecha publicación en bolsillo: Julio 1998
ISBN: 0-7869-0302-3 (Tapa dura) / 0-7869-1173-5 (rústica)
Páginas: Tapa dura (247) / Rústica (248 pages)
Sinopsis
Who killed Grodoveth?
A vengeful ghost is only the first suspect when the body of Grodoveth, the king's envoy, is found separated from its head. It seems that everyone in town had either motive or opportunity commit the ... Murder in Cormyr.
The wizard Benelaius wanted only to find a nice, quiet place to retire with his cats. The village of Ghars , close to the Vast Swamp , had little to recommend except seclusion. Even the legends of a vengeful ghost who haunts the moors doesn't bother the aged wizard. The corpulent, sedentary mage is content to let his servant, Jasper, do all the legwork.
Benelaius's studies are rudely interrupted when the ghost begins to make nightly appearances, frightening the townspeople out of their wits. Heads begin to roll when the local blacksmith is murdered ... but that corpse is barely cold when the decapitated body of the envoy Grodoveth is found in the ghost's tomb. As the most learned person in Ghars, how can Benelauis refuse to help his adopted town?
Axe-wielding ghosts give way to treachery and deceit as Benelauis, along with Jasper and the wizard's former apprentice, Lindavar, discover that even a sleepy, quiet village has hidden secrets.
Benelaius, tired of politics and his egotistical brethren, resigns from the College of War Wizardry and takes up residence in a sleepy town in a remote area of Cormyr. When a messenger from King Azoun turns up dead, it is up to the conjurer to solve the crime.
