The woman staying in room number four has gone missing. Cortina Dirks doesn't know what had happened to her. She doesn't want to know. But an insistent bird on the window sill will draw her into a mystery with murder, mayhem, and a magical magpie who seems to know what is going on. Dragonbone Gulch is a boomtown situated on the edge of a monster-filled wilderness filled with ancient ruins and priceless gold. Every day the stagecoach brings more treasure hunters seeking their fortune and glory, but danger enough lurks in the saloons and back alleys of town. Skill with a sword may be all that...

When Anders Restenford stepped off the stagecoach in Dragonbone Gulch to seek his fortune and glory, he knew he was stepping into a world filled with peril and adventure. But he thought the danger was out in the Wild among the legendary gold-filled ruins, not on the streets of the boomtown. He thought the monsters were outside the town's walls, not lurking in its saloons and back alleys. And he thought the treasure he hunted was the fabled wealth of forgotten empires. But not all fortunes can be counted. Not all glory can be won with a sword. Dragonbone Gulch is a boomtown that sits at the...

Anders Restenford is impatient to seek his fortune and glory, but when Dragonbone Gulch needs swords to hunt the beast-men who are killing townsfolk, he signs up. What sort of trouble has Jessamine gotten herself into? But she dismissed Anders for being a simple farm boy. He tries to ignore the feelings she ignites, but it isn't easy. Valandine, meanwhile, needs to get back on his feet despite the Doc's cold stares and the preacher's admonitions. He knows that Vincent Karlchak has Jessamine and that means she needs help. Before it's too late. Fortune and glory will have to wait. First, one...

Something is going on in Dragonbone Gulch. Cortina Dirks and her new friend Mr. Jameson the magpie pendant find themselves caught up in a mystery that they don't understand. Who is looking for the murdered woman? What do they want with her? And what does the message that the magical magpie was carrying mean? The Magpie Pendant tales take place in Dragonbone Gulch but are not part of the main serial series. DRAGONBONE GULCH: A Serial Fantasy Series of Magic & Adventure

A stranger in town is asking about a place called Crossbones Pass. The residents of Dragonbone Gulch seem reluctant to answer the questions, and Anders guesses that means there's a story behind it. And stories in the Wild usually mean ancient treasure. What is out there? Why hasn't anyone gone to hunt for it before now? And just who is the woman with the wicked-looking polearm that thinks she's going to be the one who gets to Crossbones Pass first? Dragonbone Gulch is a boomtown that sits at the farthest edge of settled territory. Beyond its walls lie the crumbling remains of a lost...