title: The Eighth Court (The Courts of the Feyre)
author:  Mike Shevdon 
description: Mike Shevdon lives in Bedfordshire, England, with his wife and son, where he pursues the various masteries of weapons, technology, and cookery. His love of Fantasy &amp; SF started in the 70s with C S Lewis, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov and continued through Alan Garner, Ursula Le Guin and Barbara Hambly. More recent influences include Mike Carey, Phil Rickman, Neil Gaiman, and Robert Crais, among many others.<br><br>He has studied martial arts for many years, mainly aikido and archery. Friends have sometimes remarked that his pastimes always seem to involve something sharp or pointy. The pen should therefore be no surprise, though he's still trying to figure out how to get an edge on a laptop. The author lives in Bedfordshire, UK.
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  ## The Eighth Court
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( The Courts of the Feyre - 4 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mike Shevdon
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Mike Shevdon
  
  
  
  
  
  ## The Eighth Court
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The fair was an assault on the nostrils. The press of bodies intermingled with
  the sickly scent of spun sugar over diesel fumes from the generators, cut by
  the ozone tang of sparking electricity from the rides, gave him indigestion,
  not helped by the thumping bass of the music. It had Marshdock feeling sick
  even before he’d found the meeting place.
  
  
  One of the oldest of the travelling fairs — originally they’d been a nexus for
  information exchange and maintaining contacts, but these days they were merely
  an amusement for those who liked such things. The dark came early this time of
  year, and the last of the families were drifting towards the edges of the
  fair; kids clinging with sticky fingers to trophy bears and being rewarded
  with toffee-coated appl