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The Level One Bookshop #3
The Nameless School
Edwin Salamand has finally gotten the hang of running a bookshop. The winter trouble is behind him, spring has thawed Starwick, and his shelves have never been better stocked. Then a young scout named Wren walks behind his counter, pays off a debt he's never heard of, and asks what happened to Old Brant.
It turns out the drawings in the back of Brant's old ledger are a slate. For years, Brant let students from the Nameless School, a scrappy little school for scouts, take their first skill tome on credit and pay him back after their first job. Edwin has only ever heard bad things about the Nameless School. He keeps the slate going anyway.
Because lending a few tomes to some teenagers has got to be simple, right?
Soon his tea nook is packed with students who haggle over every copper and practice lockpicking on his storeroom door. Worse, the only way they can find paid work is through Ambrose Pell, a polished broker in Guild Alley who sells them flashy tomes on credit and takes his share of every job first. Somehow, their debts never seem to get any smaller.
With hiring day coming up fast, Edwin needs to get his students in front of the adventuring parties without Pell. That means pairing street-smart scouts with the City Guard's greenest recruits, calling on the party leaders Sherry knows from her mercenary days, and convincing one very proud student named Latch to accept help from anyone at all.
The Nameless School is the third book in The Level One Bookshop series and continues Edwin's cozy adventures with a new crowd of customers, plenty of tea, and a few too many picked locks.
It turns out the drawings in the back of Brant's old ledger are a slate. For years, Brant let students from the Nameless School, a scrappy little school for scouts, take their first skill tome on credit and pay him back after their first job. Edwin has only ever heard bad things about the Nameless School. He keeps the slate going anyway.
Because lending a few tomes to some teenagers has got to be simple, right?
Soon his tea nook is packed with students who haggle over every copper and practice lockpicking on his storeroom door. Worse, the only way they can find paid work is through Ambrose Pell, a polished broker in Guild Alley who sells them flashy tomes on credit and takes his share of every job first. Somehow, their debts never seem to get any smaller.
With hiring day coming up fast, Edwin needs to get his students in front of the adventuring parties without Pell. That means pairing street-smart scouts with the City Guard's greenest recruits, calling on the party leaders Sherry knows from her mercenary days, and convincing one very proud student named Latch to accept help from anyone at all.
The Nameless School is the third book in The Level One Bookshop series and continues Edwin's cozy adventures with a new crowd of customers, plenty of tea, and a few too many picked locks.
328 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2026
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October 6, 2026
So, in this book, Edwin meets some new students. Students who are poor and need skill tomes on credit. Students who need good references to impress party leaders so that they can get positions as scouts for adventurers. He helps them, and in doing so, helps the Guard take down a corrupt man who had been taking advantage of those students. This was my favorite book in the series by far because it was reasonable. The author's note at the end said that he meant this to be a trilogy but that he might write more of them if there was interest, so we'll see what happens
October 18, 2026
Magical, Cozy, and Delightful
Cozy is a term that gets used a lot lately, maybe overused, but The Level one Bookshop series is one I hope continues for a good while longer. I'd like to think in an infinite universe this wonderful, magical little place might be tucked away. It soothes my heart to think that somewhere out there is a place where good things happen for good people, evil doesn't rise to great heights and never ever triumphs.
Cozy is a term that gets used a lot lately, maybe overused, but The Level one Bookshop series is one I hope continues for a good while longer. I'd like to think in an infinite universe this wonderful, magical little place might be tucked away. It soothes my heart to think that somewhere out there is a place where good things happen for good people, evil doesn't rise to great heights and never ever triumphs.
October 14, 2026
Lovely series
I have enjoyed all three books so far, as not sure there will be any more. They tell of great stories. Well written and easy to read. I liked the characters. Thoroughly enjoyed.
I have enjoyed all three books so far, as not sure there will be any more. They tell of great stories. Well written and easy to read. I liked the characters. Thoroughly enjoyed.
October 13, 2026
Great book. It dealt with something that was mentioned in the second book. And now the town and school are better for it.
I wouldn't mind more in this world.
I wouldn't mind more in this world.
October 14, 2026
Loved it!
Another great addition to our book seller's story. I hope we keep getting more books about the adventures he gets into!!
Another great addition to our book seller's story. I hope we keep getting more books about the adventures he gets into!!
October 26, 2026
Love this series!
One of my favorite series. I really hope it goes beyond a trilogy. One of the best slice of life series I have read.
One of my favorite series. I really hope it goes beyond a trilogy. One of the best slice of life series I have read.
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