Items related to The Paths We Have Taken: Volume II (The Broken Reality)
Synopsis
The city-state of Bradford is reeling from the exposure of a human trafficking ring and the forces behind it. The rulers are left to scramble for absolution from their varying connections—and people are only growing angrier, especially as the heretical assassin stills roams free.
Fare Breekon has chosen to deal with a devil. He has narrowly avoided a catastrophe as the human trafficking ring is crushed, exposing evil right under his watch. And he chooses to press forward, all the same.
Cohl is pushing his involvement with Bradford further, and there is no turning back. His trauma accumulates, and no matter his resistance, he is left with a latent threat that might never go away.
Peyton has balanced disparate connections and seemingly resolved tensions—though even she is not sure if it has worked. Cohl is more distrustful than ever, and she knows better than him that something is upon them.
Ehric is now perfectly poised to address the religious ills of Bradford. Even as the faux family life he has constructed is falling into disarray, he must take the next step before the unthinkable happens.
Evelyn is traumatized in the wake of her ultimate failure. She blames herself for her incompetence and her irresponsibility. But her response is to retreat, and this might even be for the right reasons.
Volume II of The Paths We Have Taken concludes the tale of a city-state left broken in the face of scandal. The corruption, the cruelty, and the violence all escalate to a fever pitch as various factions unfold their plans to take power at the expense of their other, and at the expense of the people themselves.
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