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Thraxas is a gritty, comic‑fantasy tale set in the city of Turai, where politicians and the royal family are as corrupt as the criminal brotherhoods that rule the streets. With an ineffective civic guard, the city relies on hardened figures like Thraxas, a dubious private investigator who runs his business from an inn in a seedy part of town. When the third in line to the throne hires him, Thraxas expects a turning point, but finds himself arrested and accused of murder just hours later.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Martin Scott
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