The Warden

It feels like the author took his dream RPG and wrote it as a novel. There's magic, and of course, dwarfs and half-elves, wizards who need to sleep to recuperate all their capabilities, small side-quests leading to the big one, an engaging heroin and queer flavours added here and there. All in all, not revolutionary, but entertaining.

A very enjoyable read. More of a travelog, a series of stories like The Hobbit than most traditional books.

I'm guessing the Twin Peaks comparison is because it's a big city detective stuck in the middle of nowhere with weird shit going on.

I finished it a week, which I think is the fastest I've done all year.

Bu yeah, this is part one of two and ends on a cliffhanger. Which I do not care for from first books of fantasy. BUT! I will read book two "Necrobane" next year.

But yeah, if you want a smug wizard-cop sent to bumfuck with an interesting cast of characters, (and goat) it's worth the read.