"Cassius Bruce, a senior at Montana State College in 1950 performs in both bareback and saddle bronc competitions with the college rodeo. He enjoys every aspect of rodeo until the news of the murder of a lovely coed who was his friend and fellow rodeoer reaches him"--
When Merci Bruce brings a World War one airplane—a Curtis JN4 Jenny—to the Bruce Ranch in 1920, she couldn't know the tragedy that would follow. The evening of her maiden flight, a large party crowded the main street of Two Dot, Montana. The next morning the body of the mechanic who traveled to Montana with the airplane is found on the boardwalk in front of the saloon. A hand written note is impaled upon the body by a German bayonet. Nate Hamilton neighboring rancher known to be enamored of Merci is soon charged with the killing. Merci is certain of Nate's innocence as is Spencer Bruce, her attorney brother. Merci's attention focuses on the bad tempered barkeep as the killer. But there are other possibilities, but nothing that Merci learns seems to tie the crime to any of them. When it comes time for the trial, Spencer and Merci's father, T. C. Bruce, who had long since traded his days as a trial lawyer for the life of a rancher, is drawn in to the courtroom to try to help save the young neighbor from the hangman's noose.
Eldritch Texts and Kindred BloodBlood magic, the jealously guarded secret of Clan Tremere, has long been observed with a wary eye. Is it the power of summoned demons? An application of the Blood's mystic properties? The will of spirits? Or is it something else altogether? Only those who master its dark secrets can know.Hidden Lore RevealedBlood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy provides the answers to long-asked questions about this most powerful of Kindred Disciplines and explores a gamut of new possibilities. Included in the book are new paths and rituals as well as details on the lesser known but similar arcane practices. What is it about Thaumaturgy that has allowed the Tremere to ascend to prominence in the modern nights? This book examines the answer.Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy includes: A complete look at Thaumaturgy, from its dark origins to its modern practice; A wealth of new paths and rituals; Other path and ritual systems like Necromancy and Koldunic Sorcery