Defender of the Realm. Super Great Challenge Stories, #34

A job escorting researchers to the ruins of Snowguard Castle takes an unexpected turn in this story by the author of the Dead Things series. The Society of Naturalist Explorers wanted to explore the ruins of Snowguard Castle in the fallen Kingdom of Lusky-to learn about the possible goblin presence in that unwelcoming place. Dutch Swordsworn took the job protecting the three naturalists. He hired Haverbeke, a dwarfkin who had stood at his side many times, and Whisprey, an undead revenant-but he didn't hold that against him.
A simple job: keep the naturalists alive. Or at least it sounded simple. He knew reality seldom cooperated with the plans of men. Ryan M. Williams' Defender of the Realm, is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.