Incorruptibles

In the contested and unexplored territories at the edge of the Empire, a boat is making its laborious way up stream. The mercenaries know this is dangerous, deadly work. Riding along the banks are the mercenaries hired to protect it - from raiders, bandits and, most of all, the stretchers, elf-like natives who kill any intruders into their territory.

They believe that their status makes them untouchable. But it is what they do.In the boat the drunk governor of the territories and his sons and daughters make merry. They are wrong.

And with them is a mysterious, beautiful young woman, who is the key to peace between warring nations and survival for the Empire. When a callow mercenary saves the life of the Governor on an ill-fated hunting party, the two groups are thrown together.For Fisk and Shoe - two tough, honourable mercenaries surrounded by corruption, who know they can