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They were the Best of Gnomes They were the Worst of Gnomes Book 1Well, one each, really. These two Gnomes -Grimbledung and Drimblerod- are just trying to get along in life when their worlds collide. Drimblerod has a problem with the Merchant Guild. They arent happy with the level of his sales at his used wand shop, Second Hand Sorcery. The issue is that his low sales affect the amount of their cut off the top.To make matters worse, the local Merchant Guild Dues Collector (an Ogre no less) is unhappy with Drimblerods income because that directly affects his cut off the top which comes before the Guilds cut off the top, of course. There are a lot of tops when it comes to guilds. The problem is times are tough (for more than just Drimblerod) and with folks out of work, most of the people coming into Drimblerods shop are those nefarious, hated-by-merchants window shoppers who arent planning on buying anything. If they just kept to themselves, it wouldnt be so bad, but they also seem to talk actual customers out of buying wands!Now Drimblerod is in the market for a new partner to help get rid of these pesky non-buying folks to make room for those actually in the market for a reliable used magic wand. While searching a battlefield for wands he can resell, Drimblerod comes across the solution- a partner he can trust (he’s a fellow Gnome, after all) and one that will keep away pesky non-buying window shoppers.Little does he realize that his new-found partner suffers from Pixie Madness! And not the good kind. As Grimbledung gets used to his new life of respectable shop ownership, the pair end up befriending Nulu Bentknees the Trolless across the street, Pozzuoli Consigliore the Dwarf next door, and even the town constable- Akita Finnish (a Werewolf who would rather bask in the sun than do anything else).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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