Blood hound by james osiris baldwin6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Semyon was a friend to nearly all the old guys in the Yaroshenko Organizatsiya… as much as anyone in the Russian Mafiya could be counted as a friend. There was none of the usual shit-talk and banter that usually went on before a job. He was Old Crew, one of the first muzhiki to come from Ukraine via Afghanistan and make a name for himself in New York, just like Semyon. Our driver, Nicolai, was as grim as a pallbearer at the wheel. It was a solemn affair: he was one of us. The target was my boss’s oldest friend, Semyon Vochin, currently hiding out at his safe house on East 49th Street. ![]() Tonight, the sensation of surrounding pressure was intense. I was just one of many sharks swimming beneath the towering skyscrapers of Manhattan, a single quiet voice drowned by the incessant, pounding roar of the city. One of the first things every new mage learns about magic is that-despite your newly discovered powers over the universe-you are forever a struggling speck of krill in a very large, very cold, very dangerous ocean. Foreign words without a link have the translation in the same sentence.*** Chapter 1 Click any word with a link to see the meaning. Stained Glass | Book 2 *** Please note this book has a hyperlinked translation guide. ![]() Thank you for picking up Blood Hound! Join my mailing list and get your free copy of Burn Artist, the Hound of Eden Prequel: Books in the Alexi Sokolsky series Available now from Amazon and Kindle Unlimited ![]()
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