Does this book stand alone or do I need to read others first?

This is the ninth installment in a long-running series and is not intended to be read as a standalone. New readers should begin with the first book to understand the established world and character relationships.

How does this book relate to the original web serial?

The book is an edited, published version of a specific segment of the ongoing web serial. Because the original story is written in massive volumes that exceed standard publishing lengths, this book covers only a portion of one of those larger volumes.

Tears of Liscor

Progression Fantasy Adventure

Pages: 1652
Published: 2023
Language: English

The rains have halted, and all that's left is mud--and the tracks of the Goblin Lord's army. They have finally come to Liscor, pursued by Tyrion Veltras and his forces. In their path lies The Wandering Inn, and Erin Solstice will have to find a way to survive the coming conflict and save her friends. The question is--at what cost?

Tears of Liscor is Book Nine in The Wandering Inn series, collecting Volume 5, Part 3 of pirateaba's ongoing web serial, originally posted online between December 2018 and March 2019. It culminates in the Battle of Liscor, as Erin's found family of Goblins, Antinium, and Liscor's defenders face down the Goblin Lord's forces.

This novel is the e-book version of the free web serial. You may read the entire ongoing story online free of charge.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Dark Tense Gritty Adventurous Emotional

Found Family Survival Sacrifice Betrayal

pirateaba

pirateaba is the pen name of the author of The Wandering Inn, a fantasy LitRPG web serial published chapter by chapter since 2016 on the author's own website, where it remains free to read. The serial is also collected as ebooks and as audiobooks from Podium Audio, narrated by Andrea Parsneau and, from the later volumes, Erin Bennett. The pen name comes from a character called Pirate in an art blog the author kept before turning to fiction. pirateaba writes anonymously and has not made biographi...

Erin SolsticeProtagonist

Goblin LordAntagonist

Tyrion VeltrasSupporting

All characters in Tears of Liscor

Frequently asked questions

Does this book stand alone or do I need to read others first?
This is the ninth installment in a long-running series and is not intended to be read as a standalone. New readers should begin with the first book to understand the established world and character relationships.
How does this book relate to the original web serial?
The book is an edited, published version of a specific segment of the ongoing web serial. Because the original story is written in massive volumes that exceed standard publishing lengths, this book covers only a portion of one of those larger volumes.