Introduction: Discworld meets Dresden Files! Rain-soaked streets. A city on the edge. A deadly drug spreading like wildfire. In Valderia, sixteen bodies are just another week鈥攗ntil one of them belongs to someone you loved.Ridley, a PI with more grit than sense, won鈥檛 accept that his mentor鈥檚 death was just another overdose. With ex-cop Sally Nairo at his side, he tears through the city鈥檚 shadows, hellbent on vengeance. Their search for the truth will lead from the glitz of the theatre stage, to the brothels of the wealthy elite, uncovering a dark twisted secret in one of the wealthiest families in Valderia. Across the city, Rufi Chaw鈥橠rak, a Goblin enforcer, walks a dangerous line. Tasked with finding the source of the poison devastating the city, he鈥檚 hiding one crucial fact: he sold it. Now he鈥檚 scrambling to cover his tracks, and hunt down the anonymous supplier before he gets thrown into the bottom of a tar pit with his throat slit. Rufi鈥檚 mission will set him on a direct collision course with half the Villains in Valderia and one of the most powerful criminals in the Free Forests. In Valderia, loyalty is a liability, the past never stays buried, and the truth can be as deadly as the lies. The Ghosts of Valderia is a dark, pulse-pounding urban fantasy noir where survival demands sacrifice, and no one gets out clean....