The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 6

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 6
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2022-09-22
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1685798489

Fresh off his promotion to iron rank, Loren takes on a request from an old friend, Claes. A supply run to a nearby village needs security, which Loren and Lapis can happily provide. However, to reach the village, they must pass through a dangerous forest that devours everyone who dares to enter it. All too soon, Loren suspects they've identified the culprit behind these disappearances--the dark god Gula Gluttonia. But Gula isn't the only threat lurking in the night, and her hunger isn't the only one threatening to spiral out of control.

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 9

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 9
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2024-11-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Having made it to Lapis's home, Loren finds himself tasked by her mother, Demon Lord Judie, to destroy a dangerous artefact by throwing it into a nearby volcano. Unfortunately, an old foe has his sights on the artefact in question. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the volcano just so happens to be occupied--by an ancient dragon!

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 1

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1648279465

One by one, the mercenaries who raised Loren fell in a terrible, bloody battle. No one else survived. Alone in a hard world with his wits, his sword, and no coin to his name, he hires himself out as an adventurer. But Loren's new party proves all too willing to run headlong into danger using him as their meat shield. Only Lapis, the party's sly priest, sees his true worth, just as Loren sees hers. Soon, they must rely on each other, or neither of them will live to see the end of their first adventure.

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 8

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 8
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2023-04-20
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Loren's enigmatic partner Lapis never did explain how the enchanted greatsword in her family's keeping mysteriously found its way into his hands. But no matter how Loren likes to let Lapis keep her secrets, some tales must be told. Together, they set off to the fabled lands ruled by demons. But first they'll have to make it through the cave system that protects demonkind from the rest of the world, which quickly proves as immense as it is deadly...

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 5

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 5
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2022-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1685794270

Despite Loren's seemingly unending string of losses, the adventurers' guild has noticed his promise. They offer him a chance to take a test to prove his mettle and raise his rank. The only complication is that he's also caught the attention of a young woman of strange abilities--a vampire. Even stranger, she's not the only one of her kind eyeing Loren...and some of them may have a connection with the long-lost captain of his old mercenary company.

The Football Girl

The Football Girl
Author: Thatcher Heldring
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375987142

For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 3

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 3
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1648279481

Loren knows better than to share Lapis's excitement when she brings him a new quest. It sounds easy enough--proctoring students from an adventuring academy on their final exam--but he knows his partner. Lapis has an ulterior motive. Sure enough, she claims that one of her missing parts is hidden within the labyrinth the students are delving into. She'll stop at nothing to reclaim it, even if it means endangering their charges. Worse, something's gone wrong with the labyrinth, and Loren soon realizes that his students will be lucky to get a passing grade--and he'll be lucky to survive.

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 4

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 4
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2022-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1685794262

Desperate for a job that actually results in success, Loren agrees to Lapis's newest suggestion: instead of a quest, they'll partake in a monster hunt. But fate seems to have it in for Loren. The moment they hit the road, they come across a bandit army from whom they rescue a kidnapped elf child. The child leads them to the discovery of dark things afoot in the elven forest. Worse, there may well be a connection between these strange happenings and the darkness Loren and Lapis uncovered beneath the adventurer academy...

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 2

The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 2
Author: Mine
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1648279473

Former mercenary Loren survived his first adventure by the skin of his teeth. Now he's bound to Lapis the priest by an ever-growing debt. In the middle of his first attempt to repay her, they stumble on a young high-born girl, alone and unconscious in the woods. Her name is Scena, and she's a long way from home. The reward for her safe return will be substantial, but the road is full of dangers--including Scena. Her escorts keep dying, and if Loren and Lapis don't find out why, they may well be next.