"First Taste"

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If Cook and his gang of kids want to stop the hard border from dividing their land, they'll need their next robbery to be a success. The warden of the Bank, Burlon Tannenbay, is set on building a wall between warring kingdoms, but doing so would plunge Cook's village further into poverty. The village kids are already homeless, parentless, and penniless. Without Cook's meals and teachings, they would've already starved to death. The next job solves both problems. Rob the right family, and they eat — while stripping Burlon's most powerful allies of the influence they need to build his wall. No wall means free trade. Free trade means the kids eat tomorrow. But a job with children rarely goes smoothly. And if Burlon Tannenbay catches wind of Cook's rebellious intentions, the next meal served might be Cook himself. Set 58 years before Shadows of Sacrifice, First Taste is the origin story of a tyrannical king who will one day wage a violent war of his own. But before the crown, there was one cold night on the Bank. And one choice that set the course of everything to follow