The first book in a heartwarming, epic fantasy adventure series where a tavern owner joins forces with a dark elf assassin, a dragon pirate, a high elf royal, and a talking dog artificer to unravel a political conspiracy that could shatter the kingdom while battling his own inner demons. Xelnath of the Gnarled Root—a tavern owner, information broker, healer, and guild master of the Blackwind Company—has found a place, far better than the forest he came from in the magical metropolis and city-sta