Blood on the Snow (Argentum in Aqua 1) DRAFT

IMPORTANT: This is a draft copy, made available as an epub both for accessibility reasons and, honestly, because the current state of the world means that the author’s site is possibly going to be difficult for people in certain countries to access. At time of writing, the most up-to-date version of the story can be found at saranadosfiction.com/blood-on-the-snow-argentum-in-aqua-1-index/

ARGENTUM IN AQUA (Blood on the Snow, Silver in the Ashes, Fire in the Sky)

All student magician Jonathan Fest wants is to keep his head down and finish out his first year of university without failing his exams too badly. Unfortunately for him, fate and the two secret societies warring in the shadows of the city have other plans.

Enter stage left Archer, a gentleman scholar with a past a good deal more chequered than his present would suggest; Sabbat, a thief and assassin whose loyalty to the few people he counts as friends is as unshakeable as his temper is fiery; and Viola, lady’s maid, bodyguard, and surrogate big sister to the only daughter of the most famous family of magicians in Sacaan. Thrown together by a series of unexplained events, the four magicians soon find themselves facing down a cunning adversary and an escalation in the shadow war which could spell disaster not just for them, but for the city as a whole.

Penny dreadfuls, it turns out, are a lot less fun when you’re in one.

Argentum in Aqua is an ongoing LGBTQ+ gaslamp Gothic fantasy serial which you can read for free on my site: go here for the first chapter, here for the index for the first book, or here for the side stories if you’d rather start with something shorter.