Dressed to Kill

To save her town from decaying into oblivion, a young seamstress embarks on a quest that weaves together magic, mystery, and monsters. In an impoverished border town with a population dwindling as fast as hope, Gwen Tailor aims to change things. She is a daughter of the Seamstress class, drawing on the bloodline skills of her mother, who stitches with a speed that veers into the realm of magic. An awesome feat. But armed with a giant piercing needle, Gwen is more than a seamstress. To save her people from extinction and create a pattern all her own for survival, she must be a monster slayer. In the core of the town is the dungeon, a deep-pitted breeding ground for all the local despair and decline. Gwen is going where the monsters dwell. For every new kill, each creature's pelt, shell, and exoskeleton will become not only protective armor but a source of escalating power. With the help of her friends-Sandy, a cleaver-wielding butcher's daughter, and Gerald, a young blacksmith with near-wizardly talents for forging enchanted weapons-Gwen has a team to be reckoned with. Monsters, beware. Would that it were so simple. Descending into each cavernous new level, Gwen will make a harrowing discovery about the true roots of her town's decay. And they are more overwhelming and far-reaching than she ever could have imagined . . . The first volume of the hit LitRPG fantasy series-with more than 500,000 views on Royal Road-now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

Posing as a mage, a seamstress with unprecedented powers must survive her homeland's infamous magic school-and fight the dark forces threatening her world. Gwen Tailor is stunned when her most formidable Noble enemy-and captor-Valjean, becomes a powerful ally. Her unique crafter abilities have helped her gain monster-killing talents usually reserved for Nobles, but to save her town and people from extinction, she needs Valjean's help to become a Noble herself and infiltrate their aristocratic circles. So, along with cleaver-wielding butcher Sandy and enchanted-weapons-maker Gerald, she enrolls in the legendary Academy to learn its lethal arts . . . and uncover the secrets behind their land's ruthless class divisions. Using dazzling new materials, Gwen creates magnificent armor, the likes of which was previously thought impossible. But even as she levels up with astonishing speed, she and her friends battle monsters that many a Noble has failed to survive. And even more difficult is mastering the Academy's ruthlessly strict etiquette and keeping up with the requisite duels of honor. Now, Gwen must undertake a final Academy mission that will complete her deception and establish her rank as one of the elite. But the hostile perils of the Wild outside civilization will spawn a massive attack even the Nobles' most brilliant minds could not have predicted. And when Gwen makes a discovery that puts into question everything she thought she knew, she must choose between no-win situations and inescapable traps. Meanwhile, beyond the Academy's walls, a sinister force gathers its strength, preparing to seize all in its unforgiving grip . . . The second volume of the hit LitRPG fantasy series-with more than 500,000 views on Royal Road-now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!