An action-packed， funny， and unexpected middle grade fantasy-adventure from the acclaimed author of Sidekicked. The world is not a fair place， and Colm Candorly knows it. While his parents and eight sisters seem content living on a lowly cobbler's earnings， Colm can't help but feel that everyone has the right to a more comfortable life. It's just a question of how far you're willing to go to get it. In an effort to help make ends meet， Colm uses his natural gift for pickpocketing to pilfer a pile of gold from the richer residents of town， but his actions place him at the mercy of a mysterious man named Finn Argos， a gilded-toothed， smooth-tongued rogue who gives Colm a choice： he can be punished for his thievery or he can become a member of Thwodin's Legions， a guild of dungeoneers who take what they want and live as they will. Colm soon finds himself part of a family of warriors， mages， and hunters， learning to work together in a quest to survive and， perhaps， to find a bit of treasure along the way.