![]() ![]() 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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