Publisher's blurb: Sequestered in the sunlit and dazzling woods, the Apothecary’s Fortress is a haven of peace and safety—for it is well protected against those who would do it harm. Often travellers and merchants seek shelter within its ruins, for it is known that those who would bring harm have harm brought onto them, by uncannily consistent bad luck. For instance, there is a popular tale about some bandits who attempted to raid the fortress, and who were, in turn, devoured by rabid squirrels...