Bookshops & bonedust By Travis Baldree

Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens is not going to plan. Wounded and sent to recuperate in the sleepy town of Murk, the battle-hardened orc is frustrated by her enforced rest and uncertain about what comes next. Then she finds herself working in a struggling bookshop alongside its foul-mouthed owner.

As Viv settles into bookshop life, an assortment of unexpected companions and complications—including a mysterious traveller, a prickly gnome, a summer romance and an improbable number of skeletons—make Murk far more eventful than she expected. Bookshops & Bonedust is a cosy fantasy prequel to Legends & Lattes, blending adventure, romance, friendship and the comforting magic of books.