Thea Selenofotos

The protagonist is an adventurer on an archaeological field school dig. He rides into town in search of an exotic experience, and finds it through courtship of a local mercantile baron's daughter. Eventually the protagonist wins her heart and finally her hand. He live the life of exotic dreams, traveling the world, staying in seaside mansion estates. Then about the time that the protagonist felt that nothing could ever go wrong, the face of adversity raised it's ugly head. Thea became very sick, finding out that she had only simple gall bladder stones, but still her life was in the balance. Though the infirmary was considered among the best in the entire Aegean, it was owned by a rival baron family, whom her surgeon was a member of. This surgeon intentionally neglected her health, hoping to extort her entire family fortune in the process. Finally Thea perished from his neglect, only for her husband to discover that she had been allowed to perish intentionally. Her husband, the protagonist of the story, tried to use the system to pursue justice and get reparations, but failed due to the deep legal connections of the baron family. In the end, his only recourse was to take care of business in his own way. The level of his success will be left unto the reader's judgement.

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