If you’ve ever wondered how heroes feel about finding danger and adventure everywhere they look, about always just happening to be in the right place at the right time to stop the villains and monsters, then A. Lee Martinez’s The Last Adventure of Constance Verity may have some answers for you. In Constance Verity’s case, after having battled enemies since the age of seven and saving the world more times than she can remember, all she really wants now is to have a regular life. Bored of adventure and hankering after peace and quiet, she decides the best thing to do is to find and kill the fairy godmother who blessed – or perhaps cursed – her with her destiny. It’s the obvious answer, surely! As it turns out however, Connie’s fate is rather more complicated than she realised, and there’s a surprisingly large number of people who aren’t so keen on her giving up the adventuring life.
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