Sword and Spirit (Tremontaine Season 3 Episode 9)

Swordplay, scandal, and sex—welcome to the world of Tremontaine, a glittering new entry in Ellen Kushner's classic Riverside series. This is the 9th episode in the third season of Tremontaine, a 13-episode serial from Serial Box Publishing. This episode written by Karen Lord. Davenant takes drastic action when he realizes how Diane got her hands on his ledger. Rafe considers admitting Riversiders to his school. Kaab fights her own worst impulses as the threats surrounding her and the people she cares about multiply. Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. A Duchess whose beauty is matched only by her cunning; a handsome young scholar with more passion than sense; a foreigner in a playground of swordplay and secrets; and a mathematical genius whose discoveries herald revolution when games of politics begin, no one is safe. Keep your wit as sharp as your steel in this world where politics is everything, and outcasts are the tastemakers.