Killing Time (Pathfinder Tales)

How it reads

Killing Time (Pathfinder Tales) is fantasy (fantasy adventure novella, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are justice, survival and friendship. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It's a companion to a series: set in the same world, readable on its own. The ending resolves happily. At 38 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.