Fae and Fare

Winter has settled over the Innverse, and Erin Solstice is still no closer to understanding how she became an [Innkeeper]. Her inn has become a gathering place, helped along by dishes from Earth such as pizza and hamburgers. The cold brings trouble of its own: mischievous Frost Faeries, and a world still recovering from the fall of Skinner.

A second thread follows Ryoka Griffin, a City Runner who carries deliveries across the land. She learns that she and Erin share a secret, since both come from Earth. Her work soon turns darker. A Gnoll girl has been kidnapped by the Fae, and Ryoka runs south to bring her back.

Other powers are stirring at the same time. A Goblin Lord is rising to power, and in the southern kingdom of Reim a king wakes.

This is a fantasy set in a world with class-based magic, and it is the second novel in The Wandering Inn series, so it picks up directly from the first. The tone mixes the warmth of a growing inn and its odd food with a more dangerous run south, and the story moves between two main viewpoints, Erin's and Ryoka's.