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One by one, the mercenaries who raised Loren fell in a terrible, bloody battle. No one else survived. Alone in a hard world with his wits, his sword, and no coin to his name, he hires himself out as an adventurer. But Loren's new party proves all too willing to run headlong into danger using him as their meat shield. Only Lapis, the party's sly priest, sees his true worth, just as Loren sees hers. Soon, they must rely on each other, or neither of them will live to see the end of their firs...

Loren spent years fighting for the highest bidder, drifting from one battlefield to the next as part of a mercenary band. All that changes when a battle goes horribly wrong, and Loren barely escapes alive. Alone and without so much as a coin to his name, Loren resolves to start a new life as an adventurer. The adventuring trade is a world unto itself, and Loren's cynical common sense clashes with the foolhardy courage of his new comrades. Meeting the enigmatic and beautiful priestess Lapis...

The victorious army marches forward, only to encounter a town cloaked in eerie silence. In the enemy capital, Loren and his companions learn their foes are ruled by a mad king. Even better? The circumstances of his madness are somehow connected to the destruction of Loren's former company. Now, Loren must face off against the man who started it all...

In order to repay his debt, ex-mercenary Loren parties up once again with cleric Lapis as adventurers for hire. Their latest mission is to escort the chief of state's only daughter, Shaena, back to her hometown. Along the way, however, their fellow adventurers keep inexplicably disappearing. Between their mysterious charge and the sudden appearance of an undead horde, Loren and Lapis might be in for their most complicated adventure yet!

Former mercenary Loren survived his first adventure by the skin of his teeth. Now he's bound to Lapis the priest by an ever-growing debt. In the middle of his first attempt to repay her, they stumble on a young high-born girl, alone and unconscious in the woods. Her name is Scena, and she's a long way from home. The reward for her safe return will be substantial, but the road is full of dangers--including Scena. Her escorts keep dying, and if Loren and Lapis don't find out why, they may we...

The writings of Dr. Mines ("Felix Oldboy") are well known to New Yorkers. This volume is a series of papers published years ago in the Trinity Record, and is replete with historical reminiscences of those who were prominent in public and private life and now rest in the churchyards of Trinity Parish.

Loren and Lapis accepted a quest to escort Scena, daughter of the chief of state, to her hometown of Hansa. Mid-travel, several of their fellow adventurers mysteriously lost consciousness, and the group encountered a horde of undead, including a dragon. The remaining adventurers barely manage to escape and reach their destination. Unfortunately, their troubles continue, as all fifty thousand of Hansa's city folk have vanished without a trace. With the undead threat fast approaching, Loren,...

Despite Loren's seemingly unending string of losses, the adventurers' guild has noticed his promise. They offer him a chance to take a test to prove his mettle and raise his rank. The only complication is that he's also caught the attention of a young woman of strange abilities--a vampire. Even stranger, she's not the only one of her kind eyeing Loren...and some of them may have a connection with the long-lost captain of his old mercenary company.

Now that the party knows the names of all the evil gods, it's clear there's something fishy about one of their acquaintances--namely one Ivy Bridgeguard, humble receptionist at the adventurers' guild. Might she hold the key to reviving Scena?

Loren's wallet is never heavy, and these days it's even lighter than usual. Gula Gluttonia, dark god of gluttony, is devouring everything in sight and leaving Loren to foot the bill. Now Gula's antics have also brought Loren face to face with a fragment of his mercenary past: the renowned Infernal Edge, a mercenary as legendary as the mysterious Cleaving Gale. As luck would have it, the Infernal Edge is hiring muscle, and if Loren can meet her expectations, he might finally break even.

The mysterious man called Magna continues to hound Loren and his companions, who've had enough. Seeking to put a stop to him once and for all, they go digging in the ruins of the ancient magical empire. An ancient dragon might just have the information they seek, but first, they have to help a fellow mercenary...get hitched?! By letting her join them on their quest?!

Desperate for a job that actually results in success, Loren agrees to Lapis's newest suggestion: instead of a quest, they'll partake in a monster hunt. But fate seems to have it in for Loren. The moment they hit the road, they come across a bandit army from whom they rescue a kidnapped elf child. The child leads them to the discovery of dark things afoot in the elven forest. Worse, there may well be a connection between these strange happenings and the darkness Loren and Lapis uncovered be...