Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Dealing with Dragons

In this Dungeons & Dragons novel, the Fallbacks rush to balance the scales before a draconic foe reaps their cleric's soul.

When the day is threatened by tyrannical foes or monstrous fiends, the people of Faerûn place their trust in the realm's mighty heroes. When the mighty heroes don't show up, they get the Fallbacks.

The team: A flamboyant bard with a bandstand's worth of secrets. A wizard whose thirst for knowledge leads her to triumph and trouble. A virtuous fighter with a family that's anything but. A cunning rogue just trying to keep everyone together.

And then there's the party's cleric. Baldric has always had an unorthodox approach to divinity. While other folk of faith hitch their wagons to one god or another, this cleric figures that if his magic and might can serve many gods and reap the rewards of the entire pantheon, everyone wins. But there's a price to be paid for the power to protect Faerûn. And every debt must one day be collected.

Baldric finds himself cut off from his connection to the divine when a mysterious and otherworldly entity starts to invade his negotiations. And this entity wants more than Baldric's service--it wants his soul.

The Fallbacks race to free their cleric from his shadowy debtholder, but the heat is on--in more ways than one--because the being trying to lay claim to Baldric isn't exactly a god. Forget striking bargains with deities. To get out of this jam, the Fallbacks will have to deal with dragons.

Author: Jaleigh Johnson
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Published: 07/29/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593599570


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/30/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
Jaleigh Johnson lives and writes in the wilds of the Midwest. Her debut middle grade novel, The Mark of the Dragonfly, was a New York Times bestseller. Her other books include The Secrets of Solace, The Quest to the Uncharted Lands, and The Door to the Lost. She has also written fiction for Marvel and Dungeons and Dragons: Forgotten Realms, including The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin and Honor Among Thieves: Road to Neverwinter. Johnson is an avid gamer and lifelong geek.