Book: Six Ravens. Page 1

In prison nobody cares who comes in, most importantly - who is trying to get out.

- What is the easiest way to steal a wallet.
- A knife to the throat? asked Inez.
- The barrel in the back? - continued Jasper.
- The poison in the drink? suggested Nina.
- You're just terrible, ' said Mathias.

No one dares to kidnap me from my own streets. And no one dares to conclude the transaction with me while I am in chains.

You can't get something without giving anything in return.

You see, every person is safe, vault of secrets and aspirations. There are those who are going through violence but I prefer a softer approach... to put pressure on the right place at the right time. It's a delicate process.

-Are you the youngest owner of the bookmaker and it managed to increase its profit doubled. You are a blackmailer...
- I sell information.
Conman...
- I create opportunities.
- A pimp and a murderer...
- I do not sell the women and not kill unnecessarily.
- What is the need?
- The same as you, the merchant. Benefit.
- How do you get the information that Mr. Brecker?
Let's just say I'm a cracker.
And very gifted, I guess.
Exactly.

Van Eck began to shuffle through the papers.
- The first time you were arrested when you were ten, ' he said, peering at the page.
- We all remember your first time.
Twice that year and twice when you turned eleven. At fourteen you grabbed the guard during a RAID in a gambling hall, but you didn't get caught.
It was the truth. Over the last three years nobody has been able to catch Caza.

- Barrel is a nest of corruption, immorality, cruelty...
- How many ships of those that you send from kettarama harbors, and not return?
- It's not...
It's not returned, every fifth vehicle, a van Ek. Every fifth ship, which you send for coffee, urday and silk, falls to the bottom of the sea crashing on rocks or is the victim of pirate attacks. Every fifth crew is killed, and their bodies are lost in foreign waters, becoming food for fish. So let's not talk about violence.

- What is the difference between the rates in the "Club Raven" and speculation on the stock Exchange?
The first is called theft, and the second is Commerce.

Walking along the small channel that went through the Fifth harbour, KAZ suddenly realized that he now feels - Holy crap, he almost looks forward to the future. Maybe you should go to the doctor?

When KAZ officially became a member of "Scum", he was only twelve, and the gang was a pitiful sight: a bunch of homeless, filthy beggars, earning game in thimbles, and petty criminals, living in a ruined house in the worst part of the Barrel. But he did not want another band - he wanted one that will make himself great, the one that is going to need it.

They will blab what you saw, the rest is speculation, complement, embellish, and with each retelling of the Dirty Hands will become more and more insane and ruthless.

Maybe he was stupid enough to stand in the way Casa Brecker, but he was able to survive in the Barrel, and this requires the power of the spirit. He had a chance to survive the night.
"Help him," came a voice inside her.
A few minutes ago the big guy was her brother-in-arms. It seemed wrong to leave him alone. She could go down and offer him a swift end to the torment, and hold his hand while he will depart to another world. Or call the doctor and save him.
Instead, INEI said a prayer in the language of your saints and beginning a steep descent along the outside wall. She felt sorry for the guy or have to die alone because there was nobody to comfort him in his last hours of life, or to survive and spend the rest of his days in exile. But her work is not finished. The Ghost didn't have time for traitors.

- You're from the suburbs, Hales? Decided to try his luck in the capital? - he smoothed the lapel hand-in-glove. - Share a secret: I'm one of those scum, which is produced only in the Barrel.