When Sir Waldraff Fammory Bleen ? the famous aeronaut, industrialist and all-around asshole ? is killed by a Vindanian flying death dagger, Bombalay police inspector Hanop Rasavan asks Lt. Aubrianna Chellbamber to help him solve the case ... much to the annoyance of Capt. Lank Vadis, who suspects the handsome Rasavan is more interested in Aubrianna than the investigation.

Stan Carter lives in Bellevue, Nebraska. He has been in the newspaper business for nearly 30 years, serving as a reporter, copy editor, columnist, typesetter and paginator at various publications. He is the author of five novels published by Gypsy Shadow: "Petchy Maligula," "The Depraved Dances of Taram Zhod," "The Caskian Scandal," "The Extortions of Stiffani Voydalle" and "Kill My Husband."