‘Why should I die?’ Penny knows he ought to kill himself; he has too little self-delusion to ignore that. He’s even got a reason to do it. ‘Killing warrants killing.’ The question is whether he can get the nerve up to finish himself off and why the reason even matters.

Penny has another issue too: he’s an enslaved gladiator on an underground island ruled by the Count, a sorcerer capable of warping his body and mind, not to mention killing him in a heartbeat, a sorcerer who definitely has plans for Penny. Penny has decided that he must kill the Count, the man who made him a murderer. As usual, it’s easier said than done.

All this, and Penny can’t figure out why he ought to die. ‘Maybe the Count knows the answer.’

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