Brigands & Breadknives

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Author: Baldree, Travis FantasyPublished on 6 August 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Legends & Lattes' series.Paperback | 352 pages196 x 131 x 24 | 246g 'Funny, unexpected and touching' - Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonReturn to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern.Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her!If only things were so simple . . .It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint.A drunken night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover.As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when nothing seems inevitable . . .Brigands & Breadknives was a No.7 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17th Nov Show more