Description
'A perfectly executed prequel . . . the stakes are higher and the scones are hotter still!' - Nicholas Eames 'Glorious' - Ben Aaronovitch First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures. Vivâs career with the renowned mercenary company Rackamâs Ravens isnât going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, sheâs packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk â so far from the action that she worries sheâll never be able to return to it. Whatâs a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? Spending her hours at a struggling bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted. Even though it may be exactly what she needs. Still, adventure isnât far away. A suspicious traveller in grey, 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. Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isnât what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together. Set twenty years before the events of Legends & Lattes, Bookshops & Bonedust is a standalone cosy fantasy by BookTok sensation Travis Baldree about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way.
