The Innkeepers - Paperback

by H. Rad Bethlen (Author)

Eternal Rest: The term entrepreneur takes on a new meaning when the ruins of an ancient city are discovered by an enterprising innkeeper. He sets up shop and invites adventurers from far and wide. When he receives a lone patron desiring a night's peace he strikes a bargain that can't be undone. In this humorous tale a man asks himself what it takes to get a decent night's sleep.

A Voice so Pure: Tybalt, a half-elven bard and one of the innkeepers, recalls a shameful-but heartwarming-tale from his past. In it he sets out to win a singing contest by any means necessary, foul-play be damned. When a goblin arrives hilarity ensues. But when the goblin sings-.

Do Goblins Love?: The life of a goblin mother is not to be envied, yet Vashti has a secret paramour that keeps her going when starvation and violence threaten. When an adventuring party passes by the hole in which she and her brood reside she sees the man she's longed for. In this chance encounter-or is it destiny-we learn if goblins love.

The Wisdom of the Ancients: When three emissaries arrive to learn the secret behind a warlord's power, the blind and crippled veteran Cedig is suspicious. When the three emissaries turn out to be three assassins sent to kill him, Cedig reveals there is more to courage than laughing in the face of Death.