The Chronicle of Heloise & Grimple
"Mr. Gibson has the potential to be the next Terry Pratchett." - Readers' Favorite
A bard walks in on a dark elf dealing cards to a beholder, a mind flayer, a demon, a grouchy-looking wizard, and what is either a vampire or a really pale guy with an unfortunate widow’s peak...
The set-up for a bad joke? Nope (well, maybe that, too) — just a typical day at the office for adventuring partners Heloise, Erithea’s most beautiful, witty, talented, and occasionally prone to talking in the third-person half-elven bard, and her powerful hill giant companion, Grimple, who doesn’t look like a hill giant anymore because he made the mistake of crossing a lich and getting illusioned (yes, it’s a word... or, at least, we’re going to pretend it’s one) into something even more ridiculous. (Grimple is kind of an idiot.)
It turns out that getting adventuring work when your hill giant companion looks like a sickly gnome (despite retaining his giant strength) isn’t easy, so what’s a beautiful, witty, and talented half-elven bard to do? The answer, of course, is obvious: set off on a quest, idiotic hill giant partner in tow, to confront the lich who transformed him in the first place, and look really good doing it. Along the way, chances are good that adventures will be had, wrongs will be righted, songs will be sung, monsters will be smited, treasure will be won, and, perhaps, love will be made to burly dwarves (or, more accurately, dwarf, singular — I’m not really a party girl).
Part parody, part homage, and all woman, The Chronicle of Heloise & Grimple lampoons the greatest fantasy adventures of yore even as it upholds the very best traditions of the genre (and, I might add, looks really good doing it).
But, don’t take my word for it — here’s what people across Erithea are saying about The Chronicle of Heloise & Grimple:
“The Chronicle of Heloise & Grimple is one of the greatest sagas ever set to music by one of the, um, wait—what did you want me to say here? I can’t read your handwriting. ‘One of the most talented, beautiful and sweet’ — does that say ‘sweet-canned’? Seriously? Because I’m not saying that. Wait — why don’t I get title credit, too? If it weren’t for me, you and Grimple would never have... hey! Hey! Ow! Put your dagger away, Heloise! Fine — I’ll say it! It’s great. Geez. Just read it, all right?” - Kevil, Wizard
“Heloise is all right for an ugly elf. And she’s very good at stabbing things.” - Tongclutcher Kilnfire, Dwarf, Master Weaponsmith of Dormenklehs
“Urk kunk grummh nuk kur grubble knuck.” - High Chieftain Gnurk Blurglesplick of the Grandorian Orc Tribe (okay, so not all of these testimonials are complimentary, but, hey — I can’t be held accountable for what spurned lovers say about me or my work)
“That Heloise is a genius, and she has one heck of a sweet can. And, boy, can she sing.” - Heloise the Bard
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Sean Gibson
Sean Gibson is not a professional mini biography writer (if he were, this would be much more compelling). Instead, he’s a marketing professional by day, hangs out with his amazing wife, son, and daughter by night, and writes somewhere in between. He holds a BA in English Literature from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, but he really wishes he had been able to matriculate at Hogwarts (he would have been in Hufflepuff for sure). Sean is a fan of sports teams from Detroit, a distressingly large number of bands that rose to prominence in the 1980s, and writing in the third person. He currently resides in Northern Virginia, and, given how much he hates moving, and given that his house has an awesome library, is likely to remain there for some time.
Heloise the Bard
Heloise the Bard consists of one primary book, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
