Misfits, Drunkards, & Thieves — Timothy Scott

""Andolar didn't know what tipped off the enemy leader that he wasn't whom he seemed. He just knew he was lucky the man had to draw his sword. Andolar rolled off his horse, barely escaping the sword that was trying to take his life, and scrambled to his feet in spite of the pain in his side from his fall. He ran for the nearest wagon and dove under it. As he rolled away, he saw horse hoofs stamping where he had been. The magician came up on the other side of the wagon and looked quickly around to see if there was anywhere safe enough for him to use his magic."" In Misfits, Drunkards, & Thieves, the misfits are again forced by the duchess to enter the goblin kingdom, this time as the leaders of a wagon train. But even the death of one of their own has not taught them to work together as a team. From the lofty indifference of a nobleman's son to the open hostility of a poor farm girl, their attitudes begin to alienate the people they are to lead, and on whose help their lives depend. Can the threat of death help them overcome the scars of their past, or will greed, arrogance, pride, and self-loathing triumph? At stake is not just their lives and those of their soldiers, but a dwarf city that is being starved into submission by the goblins and their barbarian allies.