The Stray Spirit, Paperback

Struggling bard Emry Karic has only one path home: impress the Auric Guild, join its ranks of elite musicians, and return to his family with his honor in hand.

Difficult to do on a good day. Impossible to do with a possessed lute.

Hours before Emry's big break, an unnatural earthquake strikes, forcing a forest spirit named Aspen to take refuge in his lute. Aspen is loud, talkative...and not leaving anytime soon.

Panicked, Emry swears the spirit to silence on stage, in exchange for a favor: he will help investigate the mysterious quake that nearly killed them.

But Emry is a bard, not a scholar, and his research leads straight to the person who resents him the most: Cal Breslin, his scholarly ex-girlfriend. Despite their history, Cal can't pass up the opportunity to study a mythical being, and agrees to join them. Yet as the trio delves into the forgotten folklore of spirits and gods, they uncover a much greater threat looming beneath the surface...

• Collection: The Lutesong
• Dimensions: 229 x 152
• Author: R. K. Ashwick
• Cover type: Paperback
• Publishing Year: 2022
• Publishing Month: 8
• Pages: 376
• Language: English
• Publisher: Rk Ashwick Books
• Weight: 549 g