![]() But there are other daily duties that need to be done, too, and even though she has the scent of danger in her nose, Beka still has to play by the rules if she wants to catch her Rats. And right away, she realizes there are foul doings afoot in the place she calls home: someone is hiring and murdering folks for beautiful stones, and someone else calling themselves the Shadow Snake is kidnapping and killing children. She just needs to survive her first year of training as a Puppy.Įxcept Beka’s life isn’t dull-she asks to be assigned to the Lower City, where she grew up and where she feels most comfortable. She is going to become a Dog, a member of the Provost’s Guard. But at sixteen, Beka wants nothing of servantry. When she was eight years old, Beka Cooper foiled a plot and brought herself to the attention of the Lord Provost, who took her and her family in, raising them to be something more than their origins in the Corus’ Lower City. ![]() I have this journal that I mean to use as a record of my days in the Provost’s Guard. ![]()
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