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The Wandering Inn

Book One, Part One of The Wandering Inn Series
Pages
794
Published
2026
Language
English

Synopsis

Enter the Innverse: the massive epic fantasy world created by pirateaba that has become a LitRPG sensation, now for the first time in a physical edition!“No killing Goblins.”So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a young woman named Erin Solstice. She serves pasta with sausage, blue fruit juice, and dead acid flies on request. And she comes from another world. Ours.It’s a bad day when Erin finds herself transported to a fantastical world and nearly gets eaten by a Dragon. She doesn’t belong in a place where monster attacks are a fact of life, and where Humans are one species among many. But she must adapt to her new life. Or die.In a dangerous world where magic is real and people can level up and gain classes, Erin Solstice must battle somewhat evil Goblins, deadly Rock Crabs, and hungry [Necromancers]. She is no warrior, no mage. Erin Solstice runs an inn. She’s an [Innkeeper].Thus starts the first volume of The Wandering Inn, an epic fantasy series filled with heart and fear, magic, dragons, and monsters, adventurers and chess players…and humans pulled from the real world into a wondrous and deadly land where the game is to survive and these new pieces could decide who’s the winner.

About the author

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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...

Characters

Erin SolsticeProtagonist
The goblinsAntagonist
Rock CrabsAntagonist
[Necromancers]Antagonist
The DragonsAntagonist
All characters in The Wandering Inn

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book a standalone story or part of a larger series?

    This title is the beginning of an expansive, ongoing web serial that has been published in serialized chapters since 2016. Because the narrative is vast and continues to grow, the physical and digital book releases are often split into multiple parts to accommodate the immense word count.

  • How does the reading experience differ from a traditional novel?

    The story originated as a web serial written and released in regular, ongoing installments, which results in a narrative structure that evolves significantly over time. Readers often find that the series rewards patience, as the author's storytelling and world-building depth expand considerably as the volumes progress.

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