Alex Bledsoe continues the adventures of freelance sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse in the thrilling He Drank and Saw the Spider.
After he fails to save a stranger from being mauled to death by a bear a young mercenary is saddled with the baby girl the man died to protect. He leaves her with a kindly shepherd family and goes on with his violent life.
Now sixteen years later that young mercenary has grown up to become cynical sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse. When his vacation travels bring him back to that same part of the world he can?t resist trying to discover what has become of the mysterious infant.
He finds that the child now a lovely young teenager named Isadora is at the center of a complicated web of intrigue involving two feuding kings a smitten prince a powerful sorceress an inhuman monster and long-buried secrets too shocking to imagine. And once again she needs his help.
They say a spider in your cup will poison you but only if you see it. Eddie helped by his smart resourceful girlfriend Liz must look through the dregs of the past to find the truth about the present?and risk what might happen if he too sees the spider.
