Liane Merciel is the author of the independent fantasy novels The River Kings’ Road and Heaven’s Needle, both set in her world of Ithelas, as well as the Pathfinder Tales short story “Certainty,” which is available for free online at paizo.com. She is a practicing lawyer and lives in Philadelphia with her husband Peter, resident mutts Pongu and Crookytail, and a rotating cast of foster furballs. For more information, visit lianemerciel.com. Or sign up for email updates here.