A retired group of legendary mercenaries get the band back together for one last impossible mission in this award-winning debut epic fantasy.. "Fantastic, funny, ferocious." -- Sam Sykes. Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. . Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help -- the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. . It's time to get the band back together.