Exhausted, starving, and out of magic: a terrible way to meet your assassin.

Terlik meets the warrior woman beside a river. Him: an exhausted apprentice wizard on a mission for his master. Her: a dishonored warrior-turned-assassin, hunting for Terlik.

Terlik will die ... unless his wits prove faster than his spells.

Bind by the River, a fantasy short story adventure full of honor and trickery. From Stefon Mears, author of Half a Wizard and With a Broken Sword.