On the road to becoming heroes, uniting a small town might be their biggest challenge yet, in the third book of this sprawling fantasy western series.

In the low-down, run-down frontier town of Sarasio, the quicker you are with a wand, the longer you will live—not that anyone with any sense would want to live there. And this ramshackle dungheap is where a group of University greenhorns has just been handed a new assignment: clean up the streets. After all, they have learned to work together and fight for one another. Now they just have to do the same for Sarasio's feuding townsfolk and elves. Good thing there is a genuine paladin on their side.

But they have no idea just how much trouble they are in for . . . In a town full of reprobates, even the worst of them are terrified of the dreaded White Riders, who control the territory with an iron grip. If they cannot save Sarasio, the empire is going to take notice—and wipe the stain of a town clean off the map.

The days of adventuring are long gone. Cold hard reality is what holds sway in the empire of Tiraas. Which is why the powers that be are growing concerned that their less-than-honorable acolytes are being slaughtered—with adventurers, heroes, cultists, and any other enemies of the Church branded as the prime suspects.

The third volume of the genre-blending fantasy epic based on the hit web novel with more than eleven million views—plus almost four million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

Tropes include: teamwork makes the dream work, best frenemies, and opposites attract.