Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues by J.M. Martin (ed) ROGUES. ASSASSINS. MERCENARIES. Coin is their master, and their trade, more often than not, is blood. These are BLACKGUARDS . Whether by coin or by blood...YOU WILL PAY. Swift from the shadows, comes an 'edgy' anthology, edited by J.M. MARTIN, featuring sundry tales of roguish types—assassins, mercenaries, thieves—many of whom are already established in well-known fantasy series. Fantasy is a very broad genre and when I truly think about it, my heart has always had that special place reserved for those EPic Fantasy stories featuring well rogues, assassins and the like. It's with these characatures or elements whatever you want to call them that you can write such a good story. They feature well in funny, humorous stories as well as those that have a much darker and grimmer undertone, or what is often seen is the combination of both. I am of the opinion that this latter option is the best path...