The Vagrant -

The Vagrant is a 2015 science-fantasy debut novel by , which won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award.

The Vagrant is famously accompanied by a baby (whom he protects) and a stubborn goat , the latter of which provides much of the story's dark humor and "comic relief". The Vagrant

Set 1,000 years after a demonic incursion from "The Breach" shattered humanity, the story follows a silent protagonist known only as the Vagrant. He is on a journey north to the last human bastion, the Shining City, to deliver a sentient, powerful sword called The Malice . The Vagrant is a 2015 science-fantasy debut novel