Follow Viv—young, fierce, and not yet the café-owner we know—as she’s sidelined from mercenary life after a battle injury and sent to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk. But what begins as an exile soon becomes a chapter of unexpected magic. Between dusty tomes, a foul-mouthed bookseller, mysterious travelers, gnome-sized grudges, and a suspicious number of skeletons, Viv discovers that life’s quiet moments can hold their own kind of adventure.