Blood Ties

Clockwork Gunslingers • Chinese Tongs • An Epic Quest

THE BLOOD WAR CHRONICLES

When assassins jump half-clockwork gunslinger Jake Lasater, he knows the Chinese Tong wants to finally settle an old score. Unfortunately, Jake has no idea the Tong is just the first milepost on the road toward a destiny he refuses to believe in.

With his riding partner Cole McJunkins in tow and his ward Skeeter secretly hidden away, Jake squares off against a deadly clockwork mercenary from his past and a troop of crazed European soldiers who want him dead. Add an insane Emperor with knowledge of Jake’s past and a mysterious noblewoman who desperately needs his help—and Jake is faced with a whole mess of trouble, with no end in sight.

Blood Ties launches an epic saga that spans worlds and threatens the human race itself.

Cover design by Janet McDonald and Kathryn S. Renta
Cover artwork photo by Quincy J. Allen
Art Director Kevin J. Anderson

Paperback

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, 2015

Distributed by WordFire Press
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Monument, CO 80132
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Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 978-1-61475-336-0

WordFire Press
an imprint of WordFire Inc
PO Box 1840
Monument, CO 80132
http://www.wordfire.com

Electronic version by Baen Books
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