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From one of the most original voices in fantasy comes a twisted tale of murder, betrayal, and battlefield salvage. 

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, arrows – and the bodies, of course.
 
Over the years, Saevus…

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1 author picked Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

K. J. Parker is one of Tom Holt's (many) pseudonyms. I really like the world he's created here with competing empires roughly comparable to our Roman, Persian and Chinese ones. It's cynical and witty, with cynical and witty characters.

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