Steelflower (The Steelflower Chronicles, #1)

Sellsword. Assassin. Thief.

Kaia Steelflower has done quite well for herself, and she longs to retire as an innkeeper. Unfortunately, one night she picks the wrong pocket, and finds herself saddled with a barbarian, an elven princeling and his two hapless companions, a wharf-rat, and a lutebanging minstrel. And there's the little matter of an old friend calling in a debt of honor and blood–a debt Kaia can't refuse.

Now a reluctant Kaia and her companions face a rebellious army, assassins, mor...