The Ironroot Deception I

My new serialized short story, "The Ironroot Deception", has started over at the Paizo blog. It features Gad, the wily mastermind hero of my just-released Pathfinder Tales novel, The Worldwound Gambit. And who knows, maybe another member of its cast of sword and sorcery heisters will show up later on. Here Gad finds himself literally and figuratively upended, an aspiring elf queen pressgangs him into forced labor on a mysterious project.

Accompanying the piece is a fine image of Gad from illustrator Eric Belisle. While many readers of the book, including editor James L. Sutter, have namechecked George Clooney as perfect imaginary casting, Eric's piece places him somewhere on the Nathan Fillion / John Corbett continuum. Personally I picture a young Burt Lancaster or sword-slinging Cary Grant, perhaps because neither are able to sue me.

Check it out!