The Thirteen Mirrors of Verbobonc

A murdered gnome in a wealthy merchant’s locked study should have been a simple scandal. Instead, it threatens to tear the city apart.In Verbobonc, trade with the gnomes of the Kron Hills is more than commerce. It is alliance, old trust, shared danger, and fragile peace. When Pelligrew Gemwhistle is found dead in Master Macor’s private counting house, forged contracts point toward betrayal, illusion magic points toward gnomish guilt, and angry voices in the streets are ready to believe the worst.Four unlikely investigators are drawn into the case before the truth can be buried.Lady Aveline Tymak, a noble-born fighter with more honor than political patience, must navigate salons, merchant houses, and noble suspicion. Nibbin Tallowgear, a sharp-witted gnome illusionist and thief, sees at once that his people are being framed—but convincing humans and gnomes alike may be harder than surviving the danger below the streets. Brother Garran Voss, a cleric of Trithereon, brings healing, fury, and a fierce hatred of tyranny. Caelith Vaerion, an elven fighter-magic-user, follows the traces of old spells, false reflections, and buried memory.Their search leads from market riots to noble houses, from guarded temples to thieves’ tunnels, from a glittering ballroom of thirteen mirrors to the drowned chambers beneath the city. What begins as murder becomes conspiracy. Someone is using forged evidence, staged violence, and ancient resentments to shatter the alliance between human and gnome.The enemy is patient. The city is already afraid. And beneath Verbobonc, the water is rising.The Thirteen Mirrors of Verbobonc is a fantasy adventure novel of urban mystery, dungeon danger, political intrigue, old betrayals, and a newly forged adventuring company. Read more