Blade & Bastard (Novel) Vol. 01 (Hardcover)

Blade & Bastard (Novel) Vol. 01 (Hardcover)

Warm ash, Dusky dungeon!

Deep in the unexplored reaches of the dungeon, a corpse is discovered—one that shouldn’t exist. After Iarumas is resurrected, his memories of life before death are gone, and he spends his days delving into the dungeon to retrieve the bodies of dead adventurers.

Can they be revived as well? Or will God reduce them to piles of ash on the altar? Either way, Iarumas collects his finder’s fee. And though his skills earn him some grudging respect, he’s also scorned for this cold, utilitarian attitude. The living keep their distance—Iarumas consorts primarily with the dead.

That is, until he meets Garbage, a feral young swordswoman who’s the sole survivor of a massacred party. With Garbage by his side, Iarumas ventures deeper, scouring the dungeon for clues to his past, avoiding monsters, traps, and the inevitability of a permanent ashen demise.

Biographical Notes:

Kumo Kagyu is best known for being the original creator of Goblin Slayer, Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One, Goblin Slayer: Brand New Day, Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana, Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana (Takashi MINAKUCHI).

So-bin is best known for being the Artist/Illustrator of Overlord (Light Novel), Overlord: The Vampire Princess of the Lost Country (Light Novel), Blade & Bastard: Warm ash, Dusky dungeon (Light Novel), Danmatsu no Millennion (Light Novel), Juken no Hime no Overkill: Tokkuni Life wa Rei nanoni (Light Novel).

Title Notes:

Blade & Bastard is a dark fantasy light novel series set in worldview of the Wizardry franchise.

From the mind of the author of Goblin Slayer, Kumo Kagyu, and featuring illustrations from so-bin, the artist behind the Overlord light novels, Blade & Bastard is a captivating read with an interesting take on dungeon crawler fantasies.