Brigands & Breadknives

By Travis Baldree

Book Overview

Return to the cozy fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new 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 and desperate 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250334888
• ISBN13: 9781250334886
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 336 Pages

Customer Reviews

Another sweet addition!

This was a cozy joy to listen to! Foul mouthed Fern, the rattkin whose bookshop that Viv found a new dream is back for a real adventure this time. This additional chronicle to the Legends and Latte world does break with tradition a bit because while Fern does set up a new bookshop right next to Viv's, it does not help the emptiness Fern feels. You get the good message of maybe other peoples' dreams are not the same and sometimes you have to go looking for that. Maybe not the best to get drunk and hide in a stranger's wagon though! Lol But that leads to an excellent adventure where Fern learns she is capable of more than she thought, fighting alongside Astryx, keeping track of the completely chaotic yet hilarious Zill, and meeting both nice people and others with plans to capture Zill for the bounty on her head. Add in Nigel and Breadlee and it completes the cozy sweet story which still has books read (throwback to the old bookshop!) and letters that Fern writes to Viv in the quiet moments between battling marauders and vine bodies controlled by a sentient tree. This was an excellently fun audiobook to listen to and it captured my attention the whole time. The narrator/author, Travis Baldree did an excellent job in bringing Fern and the other characters to life in this fascinatingly cozy world. I look forward to seeing more stories written in this world now that it has been explored more by Fern, Astryx, and Zill! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to get lost in this audiobook!