Pan Macmillan Paperback English
Bookshops & Bonedust
A heart-warming cosy fantasy from the author of Legends & Lattes
-
<p><b>‘Glorious’ – Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Rivers of London series<br><br>Set in the world of BookTok sensation <i>Legends & Lattes</i>, Travis Baldree's <i>Bookshops & Bonedust</i> is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way.</b></p><p><em><b>First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures.</b></em><br>Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. 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. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?<br><br>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 isn’t 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.<br><br>Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isn’t what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together . . .<br><br><b>Readers love <i>Bookshops & Bonedust</i>!</b><br><br>‘Reading this book feels like being wrapped up in a soft blanket’<br><br>‘I think I actually might love this more than <i>Legends & Lattes</i>’<br><br>‘This was all I had hoped for, and more’<br></p>
<p><b>‘Glorious’ – Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Rivers of London series<br><br>Set in the world of BookTok sensation <i>Legends & Lattes</i>, Travis Baldree's <i>Bookshops & Bonedust</i> is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way.</b></p><p><em><b>First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures.</b></em><br>Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. 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. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?<br><br>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 isn’t 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.<br><br>Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isn’t what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together . . .<br><br><b>Readers love <i>Bookshops & Bonedust</i>!</b><br><br>‘Reading this book feels like being wrapped up in a soft blanket’<br><br>‘I think I actually might love this more than <i>Legends & Lattes</i>’<br><br>‘This was all I had hoped for, and more’<br></p>