Death's Collector -- Bill McCurry, Paperback Chapter Books & Readers Montana (with which he fell

Montana (with which he fell in love)

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Death's Collector -- Bill McCurry, Paperback Chapter Books & Readers Montana (with which he fellCursed to take lives for the God of Death. Sorcerers must give up things and people they love, or accept things they despise, to gain magical power. The sorcerer Bib saves his daughter by accepting a curse to murder people, and only Death knows how many Bib must kill. He tries to slay only evil people, but soon finds he's also killing people who are merely bad, or who might someday become bad. Bib chases a brutal sorcerer to help a woman rescue her