An action-packed, funny, and unexpected middle grade fantasy-adventure
from the acclaimed author of Sidekicked.
The world is not a fair place, and Colm Candorly knows it. While his
parents and eight sisters seem content living on a lowly cobbler's
earnings, Colm can't help but feel that everyone has the right to a more
comfortable life. It's just a question of how far you're willing to go
to get it.
In an effort to help make ends meet, Colm uses his natural gift for
pickpocketing to pilfer a pile of gold from the richer residents of
town, but his actions place him at the mercy of a mysterious man named
Finn Argos, a gilded-toothed, smooth-tongued rogue who gives Colm a
choice: he can be punished for his thievery or he can become a member of
Thwodin's Legions, a guild of dungeoneers who take what they want and
live as they will. Colm soon finds himself part of a family of warriors,
mages, and hunters, learning to work together in a quest to survive and,
perhaps, to find a bit of treasure along the way.