The Dark Profit Saga

The adventuring industry on Arth is a fully commercialized machine — monster hoards traded on open markets before the heroes even show up to fight. Gorm Ingerson, a disgraced dwarven ex-hero, defends an undocumented goblin and ends up drafted into a suicidal quest that major corporations are watching far too closely.

Still bruised from their last catastrophe, Gorm and his band of accident-prone adventurers try to make amends for the Orcs they inadvertently betrayed — until an old foe marches on the city gates and upends whatever redemption plans they had.

Gorm and the king of Andarun have a problem: each other. While the Freedlands buckle under market turmoil and civil unrest, Gorm pursues what he believes is the heart of a royal conspiracy — while every power on Arth, mortal and otherwise, watches to see if he can survive long enough to prove it.

On Arth, the future of finance is crypt currency — enchantments are reliable, infrastructure is sound, and the fact that it involves phantoms of the dead and a worrying green glow is apparently fine. Experts agree it is the future, despite some deeply concerning details.