[Guardians of the Flame 08] • Not Exactly the Three Musketeers

With heroic rascals, ladies who perhaps are more in need of a good hiding than rescuing, thoughtful dragons, and would-be kingmakers who are too smart for their own good, Not Exactly the Three Musketeers is a rollicking fantasy adventure set in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame universe.Pirojil, Durine, and Kethol are the loyal retainers of the Castle Cullinane, sworn to protect the Cullinane household: from the heroic Jason Cullinane who has renounced his family's right to the throne to the maniac Walter Slovotsky, the mysterious offworlder who delights in making trouble wherever he goes. When they are sent on a mission by the reigning Dowager Empress to investigate whether an errant noblewoman is being coerced into an arranged marriage, our heroes know that nothing is ever this simple.

And they have no way of knowing who is friend or foe, or whose hand holds the killing blade.