Books like Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Viv, a young orc soldier of fortune with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens, is forced to lay down her blade when an injury sidelines her during a hunt for a powerful necromancer. Relocated to the sleepy beach town of Murk to recover, she worries she will never return to the action she loves. Yet the town’s beleaguered bookshop and its foul‑mouthed proprietor pull Viv into a new kind of adventure. Through encounters with a suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons, Murk proves that sometimes the most unexpected places hold the greatest stories—and that healing can come from the pages in a shop’s worn shelves.
First publish date: 2023
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Travis Baldree
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