Socially Orcward

Written by Lisa Henry and Sarah Honey

Narrated by Nick J. Russo

Dave is a simple orc with a simple life. He has his dragons, his music, and his friends, and that’s mostly enough. Sometimes though, he gets lonely and wishes there was someone he could share his interests with—maybe even someone he could hold hands with, although he knows it’s not likely that there’s a special person out there for someone who’s seven feet tall and green to boot. 

So it’s a delightful surprise when Simon Perrin, the new kitchen boy, not only knows all about dragons, but seems to like Dave as much as Dave likes him back. But all is not what it seems, and Simon is hiding a dark secret. There are sinister forces at work, and Simon needs to find a way out of the situation he’s trapped in. If he doesn’t, it could mean disaster for the entire kingdom of Aguillon, and an even more terrible fate for Pie, Dave’s beloved fingerdragon.

When Dave discovers Simon and Pie are in danger, he’s swept up in a rescue mission that spans an ocean, tests a friendship, and has more dragons that you could poke a lute at. It’s going to be a wild ride—literally.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Henry and Sarah Honey
• Release date: Apr 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781662292750

Lisa Henry

Lisa likes to tell stories, mostly with hot guys and happily ever afters. Lisa lives in tropical North Queensland, Australia. She doesn’t know why, because she hates the heat, but she suspects she’s too lazy to move. She spends half her time slaving away as a government minion, and the other half plotting her escape. She attended university at sixteen, not because she was a child prodigy or anything, but because of a mix-up between international school systems early in life. She studied History and English, neither of them very thoroughly. Lisa has been published since 2012, and was a LAMBDA finalist for her quirky, awkward coming-of-age romance Adulting 101, and a Rainbow Awards finalist for 2019’s Anhaga.

Reviews for Socially Orcward

[ivy ginny · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is the most beautiful, wonderful little novel. It has made me so happy, you have no idea. Thank you, Lisa Henry and Sarah Honey.

[Emily Preun · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What an adorable orc story! I loved the themes of asexuality, LGBTQ relationships and sex positivity mixed with medieval adventurism!

[Jeffrey Lobdell · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have to say first off that this is probably one of my favorite series ever. Having played dungeons & Dragons for most of my life I can definitely appreciate the subtleties of the series. I can't wait for the next installment if they're hopefully is a next installment, because it would be a shame not to continue on with the wonderful world they've created.

[Noah K · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I had so much fun with this whole series, it was truly a delight from start to finish!

[zoe · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'm so happy Dave got his happily ever after. I loved it!

[Susan Grunner · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was so much fun. I laughed out loud a few times, especially Dave and Scott on a rescue mission. Dave and Simon were great, fun, characters. And it was nice to have some asexual representation.

[マリMary · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved the first two books and the final one was just as great as the others. So glad to see some asexual representation, was not expecting it from this series, but I guess it wasn't so surprising after all the other queer representaion in the previos books. First time reading a fun book with asexual characters, I'm overjoyed!