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There she continued her studies

Otto of the Silver Hand ducks The City in the SeaConradIn the rugged mountains of medieval Germany, where robber barons rule from their "dragon's houses" and blood feuds stain the Rhine, young Otto is born into a life of violence he was never meant to lead. Raised in the quiet sanctity of St. Michaelsburg monastery, he grows up surrounded by peace and wisdom until the day his father, the fierce Baron Conrad, returns to claim him. Thrust into the brutal reality of Drachenhausen, Otto must navigate a world