When The Blade Falls
A Historical Thriller Short Story
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When The Blade Falls
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Narrated by:
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Virtual Voice
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By:
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Joan De La Haye
This title uses virtual voice narration
A tale of blood and betrayal in the heart of the French Revolution.
Honour is a fragile thing. When it breaks, the blade falls.
Paris, 1789. The city is a powder keg of hunger and rage. While the streets seethe, the aristocracy still clings to its codes of honour—rules already on the verge of extinction.
Tristan de Vigny is bound by those dying rules. To defend the honour of the woman he loves, he has challenged the most dangerous swordsman in France to a duel at dawn. He knows he cannot win—but he would rather die with a blade in his hand than live branded a coward.
Isabelle de Beaumont stands at the centre of the conflict. To the court, she is a lady of grace and refinement. To Tristan, she is his family’s last hope of salvation. But Isabelle is not what she seems. She carries secrets sharpened by steel and ideology—secrets that will destroy Tristan’s honour, his family, and the world he believes in.
As Paris teeters on the brink of revolution, mercy and zeal collide. The past is dying. And the future belongs to those with the courage—and the blade—to claim it.
When The Blade Falls is a gripping historical thriller about betrayal, radical conviction, and the cost of choosing the wrong side of history.