Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. LeonardThe Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle grade series starter from MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman, a young boy is swept up in an investigation to uncover the perpetrator of a jewel theft. When eleven year old Harrison Hal Beck is forced to accompany his travel writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age. But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on

he finds his beloved working in a different library – a dream library

Six pre-generated characters to play

They no longer have very much to say to one another

volunteers to journey to the palace of the rain god Tlaloc with an offering to save her village

Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet

dungeon generating and other devilry

offering sanctuary

to a first love's beef stew

never ignore the warnings spoken by the wardens of the forest: tread carefully and do not disturb the ruins of old

Authors as wide-ranging as Norman Mailer

including backstory

He's stuck in his spaceship and needs help