Orphans of the Hanged Man

Urchins Underfoot It takes a special kind of thief to escape the noose, and the legend of the Hanged Man and how he cheated death has been the stuff of barroom boasts for years. Whether he finally died and returned as a ghost, or set sail for a tropical island with his ill-gotten gains, someone has been using his noose as a calling card across the city. At the same time, the street gangs of the slums have risen up to in a wave of theft and violence that have the city on edge. When their pre...