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Bloodbound

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Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound
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480
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Runtime
12h
Chapters
51
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Audiobook
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$32.99
Ebook (Tor Books)
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$9.99
Paperback (Tor Books)
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$14.99
Ebook (Paizo Inc.)
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$6.99

Bloodbound, a Pathfinder Tales novel by F. Wesley Schneider, was released on December 1, 2015.

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Hunters of the Dead!

Larsa is a dhampirβ€”half vampire, half human. In the gritty streets and haunted peaks of Ustalav, she's an agent for the royal spymaster, keeping peace between the capital's secret vampire population and its huddled human masses. Meanwhile, in the cathedral of Maiden's Choir, Jadain is a young priestess of the death goddess, in trouble with her superiors for being too soft on the living. When a noblewoman's entire house is massacred by vampiric invaders, the unlikely pair is drawn into a deadly mystery that will reveal far more about both of them than they ever wanted to know.

From Pathfinder co-creator and veteran game designer F. Wesley Schneider comes a new adventure of revenge, faith, and gothic horror, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

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Characters

Bloodbound features the following characters:

Contents

Maps
pp.β€―8–9
1. Deserving Victims
pp.β€―11–17

Paizo published chapter 1 to the Paizo Blog as a sample chapter.

2. Transgressions
pp.β€―18–24
3. Behind the Throne
pp.β€―25–30
4. Procession
pp.β€―31–41
5. Unwelcome Guests
pp.β€―42–48
6. The Exorcism of Elistair Wintersun
pp.β€―49–54
7. Expert Witness
pp.β€―55–67
8. Master of Keys
pp.β€―68–78
9. Bloodline
pp.β€―79–92
10. Death's Records
pp.β€―93–107
11. Family Debt
pp.β€―108–116
12. Confession
pp.β€―117–122
13. Scars
pp.β€―123–129
14. Final Preparations
pp.β€―130–141
15. Evil's Mark
pp.β€―142–152
16. Behind the Veil
pp.β€―153–163
17. Cold Comforts
pp.β€―164–176
18. Not for the Living
pp.β€―177–188
19. Bloody-Minded
pp.β€―189–195
20. Inquisition
pp.β€―196–201
21. Cavity
pp.β€―202–207
22. Heresy
pp.β€―208–221
23. A Stained Soul
pp.β€―222–235
24. The Uninvited
pp.β€―236–242
25. Old Lace
pp.β€―243–247
26. Condolences
pp.β€―248–256
27. Home to Shadows
pp.β€―257–266
28. Faded Glories
pp.β€―267–271
29. Bloodstains
pp.β€―272–284
30. Siege on Bronzewing
pp.β€―285–299
31. Poison
pp.β€―300–315
32. Buried Alive
pp.β€―316–321
33. Reminiscence
pp.β€―322–325
34. Death Mask
pp.β€―326–330
35. Final Moments
pp.β€―331–339
36. Merciful Death
pp.β€―340–345
37. Coffinborn
pp.β€―346–356
38. Trial of Faith
pp.β€―357–361
39. Bloodthirsty
pp.β€―362–369
40. Monster Hunter
pp.β€―370–374
41. Stage Fright
pp.β€―375–385
42. Shadow Puppets
pp.β€―386–390
43. Malediction
pp.β€―391–393
44. Charming the Devil
pp.β€―394–398
45. Revenants
pp.β€―399–404
46. Penitence
pp.β€―405–412
47. What the Grave Won't Hold
pp.β€―413–417
48. An Enemy's Enemy
pp.β€―418–420
49. Bloodletting
pp.β€―421–423
50. Ashes
pp.β€―424–426
51. Dust
pp.β€―427–436
About the Author
p.β€―437
Acknowledgements
p.β€―439
Glossary
p.β€―441

Every odd-numbered chapter is voiced by Larsa, while every even-numbered chapter is narrated by Jadain.

Tor Books published a "sneak peek" of Chapter 7 "Perilous Prophecies" from Pirate's Prophecy by Chris A. Jackson on pp. 448ff.

Index

Plot summary

It is likely the events of this novel took place during 4713 AR.

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External links

James L. Sutter discussed Bloodbound in the Paizo Blog during December 2015, where he also revealed that, at the time of publication, the novel took the prize of longest Pathfinder Tales book from Sutter's The Redemption Engine.

Artwork

This is a clean version of the artwork for the cover of Bloodbound:

Clean version of the cover for Bloodbound

References

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  1. ↑ Item: pair of winged daggers with bird skulls taken by Larsa that lock a vampire in a particular form
  2. ↑ Location: "ruined Sarenite sanctuary" p. 338
  3. ↑ People: Kindler's mother and father are mentioned but not named so a link cannot be made to them
  4. ↑ People: Unnamed urdefhan featuring many times in the latter part of the bookS
  5. ↑ Spell: "Noxious green light burst from her palm in a crackling, grasping limb." p. 373