Julian Herschel

Series

• Commonly Known as the Rusty Tankard

  A fantasy mystery-comedy series where the same party tackles systems that work too well, and every escape costs something.

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• Dante Raises the Dead

  A dark comedy fantasy series about an unemployable optimist, his catastrophically loyal friends, and the criminal enterprise they accidentally build around light necromancy.

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Books

1. 

   The Succubus of the Singing Stone

   Book 1

   A broke adventuring party, a furious giant, and a succubus who is definitely not who she seems - this free prequel mystery throws the Rusty Tankards into a tavern full of liars and one very bad night.

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   Dante Raises The Dead

   Book 1 Recently Released

   Dante wanted to be somebody. He should have been more specific. Now he owns the worst bar in Asura, employs a workforce that does not strictly qualify as living, and owes a debt that cannot be settled in money.

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3. 

   The Village That Watches

   Book 2

   A comedic fantasy about a village that's too perfect — where everyone is kind, everyone is calm, and no one ever leaves. The Rusty Tankards are about to find out why.

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4. 

   The Case of the Wrong Order

   Book 3 Recently Released

   When a notorious blackmailer dies at dinner in Babbington Manor, Nyx and her misfit companions must solve a locked-room murder where everyone already tried to kill the victim.

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5. 

   The Retirement Home for Evil Overlords

   In a hidden retirement community for defeated dark lords and mad scientists, a newly deposed emperor refuses to retire and triggers a crisis that could collapse the only place built to contain them.

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6. 

   The Isle of Venara

   Book 4 Recently Released

   They traded a fortune for a leaking boat, two jobs, and the worst deal anyone has ever called a good deal. On Venara, every beach is perfect, every smile is constant, and Nyx does not trust a single thing.

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7. 

   Medieval Mobsters

   Recently Released

   Six wiseguys. One medieval city. Zero questions asked. When six New York mobsters walk out of a Hell's Kitchen basement into a city of knights and guilds, they do not look for a way home. They look for the angles.

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