The Japanese edition of Travis Baldree‘s acclaimed, best-selling BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is out now! Published by 東京創元社, as , it was translated by 原島 文世. Here’s the synopsis…
戦闘中に大怪我をした傭兵ヴィヴ。治るまでと置いていかれたのは美味しいパンやスコーンを売るベーカリーもある小さな町だった。痛む脚で町を歩いていたヴィヴは潰れそうな本屋に入ってみた。まったく本に縁のないヴィヴだったが、店主の小鼠人が薦める本を読むうちに物語の虜になり、店主の尻をたたいて本屋の建て直しに着手する。友人たちの協力も得て、立て直しは順調に進んでいたが……。大人気の『伝説とカフェラテ』前日譚。
東京創元社 have also published LEGENDS & LATTES in Japan, as 伝説とカフェラテ.
BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is published by Tor Books in the UK and North America, and is out now. Here’s the English-language synopsis…
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.
Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree’s Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.
Viv’s career with the notorious 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?
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.
Still, adventure isn’t all that far away. 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.
