The Counterfeit Count (The Warders, #2)

by Armen Pogharian

Overview

All that stands between Adara and her dream of becoming a Warder agent is Geren's rigorous week-long field trial in neighboring Cruese.  Her final test is to covertly follow the royal Cruesean coach.  While she struggles to extricate herself from a thicket of thorns, the coach stops.  She hears the ringing of steel on steel and looks to see Geren fighting with the Count's personal guard.  Has Geren gone mad?  Is the battle part of the wild politics of Cruese?  Is it a special twist to her final exam?

 

Back in Eridan, the panicked appearance of Geren's spirit sign in the cavern below the Knife & Cat tavern, alarms the leaders of the Warders.  News from their contacts in the local thieves' guild convinces them to send Draham and Toran on a desperate mission.  Can they rescue the alliance and their friends, or will they be forced to choose between their duty and friends?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166325129
Publisher:	Armen Pogharian
Publication date:	05/01/2022
Series:	The Warders
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	508 KB

About the Author

Unlike many authors, Armen was not an early reader.  He can honestly say that he didn’t voluntarily read a book until he finished The Hobbit in sixth grade.  After that reading became a vice as he ravenously devoured science fiction and fantasy stories.  Taking a more practical approach to college, he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was an Honorable-Mention All-American swimmer his senior year.

Commissioned as an officer in the USAF, he quickly found his way into systems development.  After working on top secret ‘Area 51’ projects, where he never saw a single alien (dead or alive), he left the service and earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina.  He spent a decade riding the internet wave and moving through five different states.  After the wave crashed his environmental interest led him to join a second generation bio-fuels company – making fuel out of wood chips, corn cobs, and other agricultural waste.  A highlight was presenting ideas to jumpstart the industry to United States House and Senate staffers.

Looking for something new, he and his wife opened a group of franchised hair salons.  In addition to grounding them in one place, he finally found time to write those stories that had been bouncing around in his head since high school.  His stories mix elements of science and history with a healthy dose of fantasy.