The Hardway have faced brigands bandits and pirates. They've fought dragons, monsters, and the undead. But when they raise everybody's taxes, they may bitten off more than they can chew. So when an offer comes that may fix their image, they quickly accept. The job? To escort fourteen beautiful maidens, each vying for the hand of, Landis the Imperial King, on an all expense tour through the seven nations of the Prism Realms! With criminal double dealing, backroom politics, and infamous agents of the Fang Empire all conspiring against them, death and danger at every turn. and that's to say nothing of the contestants themselves.You are cordially invited to join in the grandest beauty pageant ever held, to ride with the wildest cross- country tour in Imperial history, and to see how the Hardway against a continent's worth of adventure!The Hardway Series are an action packed collection of tales, about a band of adventures that started out of slaves and captives who rise up to make a name for themselves among the lands and peoples of Jarva. Come, join in the adventures that have earned them the name Hardway.