I haven’t felt this satisfied with an ending since Desdemona and the Deep! I loved the end to LL but I wanted more afterwards. It really resonated with the bookseller side of me, just like how LL resonated with the barista side of me. Thank you for letting me read this SO EARLY. Watch her go! Stop, Viv! Now she has to slow down. In the best way! She’s impulsive and slapdash. Instead he has an entire shelf to himself.

I can just toss all the David Weber into the trash, honestly. The sadness of getting rid of old books is real, to an extent. From the copious swears to the fast switch to Customer Service Voice, she really embodies the type of bookseller I am. I must say the entire thing feels like a love letter to booksellers.įern captures the essence of a bookseller COMPLETELY. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. Still, adventure isn't all that far away. Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine. What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk-so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it. Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned. In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, New York Times bestselling author Travis Baldree takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.

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