The Innkeeper and the Cannibal

"I could easily see it as a movie."
"Sadler's Arthur is Basically Red Dead Redemption II's Arthur, constantly walking the line between good and evil."
"This book would make a killer HBO series."
-Advanced Praise for Innkeeper, Goodreads, NetGalley


Auberdine was once at the center of a gold rush. Then, a great flood washed away half the town. Streets were swallowed by streams, vines barred broken windows, and the boughs of trees became the roofs of crumbling courtyards. Only the Gardners, a benevolent family of innkeepers, could keep the town from destroying itself even more. Over the centuries, a quaint township of hovels and homes developed around the House on the Hill. Peace was maintained between the poor and the rich, the city and the wilds.

Then Arthur Gardner became the innkeeper. He never wanted to be. But when his brother was killed in battle, he made two promises. First, to bring his brother's remains back home. Second, to watch over the family inn. He kept both promises but at the cost of his sanity. Surrounded by mutinous, starving men—he did the unthinkable.

Now the innkeeper is back and a boy has gone missing. The townspeople accuse a young immigrant, Galahad, of killing the child. Fearing the town will discover he recently murdered his abusive father, Galahad flees town. This enrages his neighbors and sets into motion a domino effect of tragedies that threaten to destroy Auberdine for good.

All the while, the real murderer remains at large. Together, the fates of Auberdine's most reviled and rejected outcasts weave a story of one town's redemption. But will the price of peace be too costly for some to pay?