The Word for Friend is Death

This story was sent out free to subscribers of Patrick Samphire's newsletter.

First of all I realize that it is recommended to read this prequel short story after the first book, but I decided to jump in straight here to get a taste of Samphire's world. It is an intriguing one - this is part of the origin story for one of the characters that will appear later and she is fascinating. Reading this has hooked me enough that I will definitely have to get to reading some of the main sequence soon!