Do you know Viv's Cafe?
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★ Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards! ★
★ Winner of the 2023 Astounding New Writer Award! ★
Travis Baldry's "Have You Ever Heard of Viv's Cafe?", a finalist for the 2023 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards and winner of the Astounding New Writer's Award in the same year, has been published by Happy Books To You.
This book sold over 200,000 copies within a year of its publication, becoming a New York Times bestseller and earning the author the honor of being selected as a notable cozy fantasy author in 2023 and 2024.
What would it be like if characters like orcs, elves, succubi, and hob ratkins, characters we only see in fantasy films, lived in a world exactly like ours? This novel depicts a world where diverse characters live together in a cafe, a place familiar to modern people.
We invite readers to a cozy fantasy world where they grow together while discovering the true meaning of a secret hidden in a cozy and charming cafe.
Viv opens an unfamiliar cafe in the unfamiliar city of Toon with the help of Scalbert Stone, who will help her in her new life.
Few people know about the power of the stone, but if they knew, they would be tempted by the secret of the hidden stone, and they continue to run the cafe with it...
Thanks to the stone's power, good luck continues to come and the cafe is on the road to success.
Could all these results be due to the true power of the Scalvert Stone? Viv, though skeptical, gradually comes to believe it.
What exactly is it that attracts stones?
★ Winner of the 2023 Astounding New Writer Award! ★
Travis Baldry's "Have You Ever Heard of Viv's Cafe?", a finalist for the 2023 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards and winner of the Astounding New Writer's Award in the same year, has been published by Happy Books To You.
This book sold over 200,000 copies within a year of its publication, becoming a New York Times bestseller and earning the author the honor of being selected as a notable cozy fantasy author in 2023 and 2024.
What would it be like if characters like orcs, elves, succubi, and hob ratkins, characters we only see in fantasy films, lived in a world exactly like ours? This novel depicts a world where diverse characters live together in a cafe, a place familiar to modern people.
We invite readers to a cozy fantasy world where they grow together while discovering the true meaning of a secret hidden in a cozy and charming cafe.
Viv opens an unfamiliar cafe in the unfamiliar city of Toon with the help of Scalbert Stone, who will help her in her new life.
Few people know about the power of the stone, but if they knew, they would be tempted by the secret of the hidden stone, and they continue to run the cafe with it...
Thanks to the stone's power, good luck continues to come and the cafe is on the road to success.
Could all these results be due to the true power of the Scalvert Stone? Viv, though skeptical, gradually comes to believe it.
What exactly is it that attracts stones?
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index
Prologue
1~29
Epilogue
Prequel: The Beginning of Legends & Lattes
1~29
Epilogue
Prequel: The Beginning of Legends & Lattes
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All that Viv had left after 22 years of fierce fighting was the smell of blood and dirty tricks.
I didn't have the confidence to endure them any longer.
The orc's life was marked by violence and sudden death.
--- p.12
But now, instead of destroying something, we would be building it up.
On the one hand, I thought it was a foolish plan.
A coffee shop? In a city where no one knows anything about coffee? Until just six months ago, even Viv didn't know the taste or aroma of coffee.
I didn't even know coffee existed.
On the surface, the attempt itself seemed pathetic, but Viv smiled in the darkness.
--- p.29
I guess I've been looking for a way out of the adventures, battles, and bounty hunting for years.
It was a life of slowly bleeding out from hundreds of repeated injuries or waiting for that one fatal blow.
Once you get used to that kind of life, you become numb to other possibilities or changes.
Coffee was the first thing that touched my emotions when I was in that state.
I even wanted to keep feeling that emotion.
So that's how we got here.
Although the pain of my past life still remains within me.
--- p.94
Viv thought he would never see Penus again, and hoped he would.
But then he showed up.
It means that Viv wants something.
Viv forced a smile at the intruder, desperately hoping that his guess was wrong.
--- p.154
If you treat life like you run a store, that is, if you take care of yourself and invest in your life as much as you invest in your store.
Maybe life will become a little more comfortable.
--- p.219
You've found a very peaceful place.
This is a special place.
You planted the seed and now it's blooming.
Very good.
It's a good place to rest.
Thank you for providing a comfortable shade for this old man to rest in.
--- p.277
There have always been questions.
Now I had to face that question.
What if the stone were lost? What if it played a crucial role in fostering all of this growth? If so, would the flower wither and die without it, or would it continue to bloom? If the latter, how long would it last?
--- pp.312-313
Viv lowered his head and held his sword in both hands.
I have crossed the bridge from my old life to a new one.
And now I kneel before my new life, which has become ruins.
But the bridge that Viv crossed was burned down behind him.
Viv was left in a desolate place.
--- p.355
“For a while, I wondered if I was deceiving fate.
For the purpose of keeping you by my side.
I thought maybe I was forcing myself to have a string of good luck that wasn't originally my lot.
I thought that at some point you would come to know my true self and then you would leave me… … (omitted) So I don’t think I’m worthy of being with you.
If we continue together, you may have to forgive me a lot while staying with me.
Still, I think it would be really nice if we could be together.”
I didn't have the confidence to endure them any longer.
The orc's life was marked by violence and sudden death.
--- p.12
But now, instead of destroying something, we would be building it up.
On the one hand, I thought it was a foolish plan.
A coffee shop? In a city where no one knows anything about coffee? Until just six months ago, even Viv didn't know the taste or aroma of coffee.
I didn't even know coffee existed.
On the surface, the attempt itself seemed pathetic, but Viv smiled in the darkness.
--- p.29
I guess I've been looking for a way out of the adventures, battles, and bounty hunting for years.
It was a life of slowly bleeding out from hundreds of repeated injuries or waiting for that one fatal blow.
Once you get used to that kind of life, you become numb to other possibilities or changes.
Coffee was the first thing that touched my emotions when I was in that state.
I even wanted to keep feeling that emotion.
So that's how we got here.
Although the pain of my past life still remains within me.
--- p.94
Viv thought he would never see Penus again, and hoped he would.
But then he showed up.
It means that Viv wants something.
Viv forced a smile at the intruder, desperately hoping that his guess was wrong.
--- p.154
If you treat life like you run a store, that is, if you take care of yourself and invest in your life as much as you invest in your store.
Maybe life will become a little more comfortable.
--- p.219
You've found a very peaceful place.
This is a special place.
You planted the seed and now it's blooming.
Very good.
It's a good place to rest.
Thank you for providing a comfortable shade for this old man to rest in.
--- p.277
There have always been questions.
Now I had to face that question.
What if the stone were lost? What if it played a crucial role in fostering all of this growth? If so, would the flower wither and die without it, or would it continue to bloom? If the latter, how long would it last?
--- pp.312-313
Viv lowered his head and held his sword in both hands.
I have crossed the bridge from my old life to a new one.
And now I kneel before my new life, which has become ruins.
But the bridge that Viv crossed was burned down behind him.
Viv was left in a desolate place.
--- p.355
“For a while, I wondered if I was deceiving fate.
For the purpose of keeping you by my side.
I thought maybe I was forcing myself to have a string of good luck that wasn't originally my lot.
I thought that at some point you would come to know my true self and then you would leave me… … (omitted) So I don’t think I’m worthy of being with you.
If we continue together, you may have to forgive me a lot while staying with me.
Still, I think it would be really nice if we could be together.”
--- pp.397-398
Publisher's Review
“This is a special place.
“You planted the seeds, and now you are making them bloom.”
People are drawn to the mysterious cafe, and the magical secrets hidden in the cozy space!
Born an orc and having spent his time bloody on the battlefield, Viv now settles in the unfamiliar city of Toon, dreaming of starting a new life in a new place.
Viv arrived in front of the stable, which would not have been strange if it had collapsed at any moment.
He has an ambitious goal of opening a cafe selling coffee, a strange drink in this city, and chooses a stable as the location.
Viv, who succeeded in signing the stable contract more smoothly than expected, buries the Scalvert Stone, which is said to attract good luck, in the ground on her first night at the stable, hoping that the stone will bring her good luck.
Viv, who has begun full-scale interior work, scouts out a repairman, Karl (Hove), who will transform the stable into a cafe and gets to work.
A few days later, the shabby Viv's Cafe opens its doors with the hiring of a charming succubus, Tandry, who came to the notice posted on the bulletin board in the square to find staff to work at the completed cafe.
Despite expectations, business was sluggish in an unfamiliar coffee place.
Viv, who was looking for a way to attract customers while looking at the empty cafe, notices that Timble (Ratkin), a customer, is a baker and hires him, gradually expanding the scale of the cafe.
Was it luck, or was it the secret stone buried in the cafe that brought good luck?
At some point, Viv's cafe became a hot place where everyone in Toon gathered.
The unusual guests who visit the unfamiliar cafe and the cafe manager, Viv, who welcomes them without prejudice.
I believe that the success of the cafe is due to the power of the stone, but I doubt that power… … .
A cafe where dazzling minds come together to illuminate the darkness
The beginning of a cozy fantasy that will warm your heart!
People are drawn to the sweet aroma of bread and the harmonious, fragrant coffee that permeates the café. In "Do You Know Viv's Café?", Viv's Café becomes a gathering place for people as warm as the temperature of freshly baked bread and freshly brewed coffee.
Just like the saying, "If you want to have good people around you, you have to be a good person first," you can see similar people naturally gathering around the kind Viv who runs the cafe.
For Viv, who is not a cold and sharp warrior, but has a warmer heart than anyone else, the good fortune brought by the Scalvert Stone is the meeting of people like herself, and the precious relationship that leads from friendship to solidarity.
Through stories depicting the affectionate relationships of various characters, we hope you can briefly escape from the coldness and indifference of society and experience the unique coziness of Viv's cafe, lit with warmth even in the dark, with a cup of coffee.
“You planted the seeds, and now you are making them bloom.”
People are drawn to the mysterious cafe, and the magical secrets hidden in the cozy space!
Born an orc and having spent his time bloody on the battlefield, Viv now settles in the unfamiliar city of Toon, dreaming of starting a new life in a new place.
Viv arrived in front of the stable, which would not have been strange if it had collapsed at any moment.
He has an ambitious goal of opening a cafe selling coffee, a strange drink in this city, and chooses a stable as the location.
Viv, who succeeded in signing the stable contract more smoothly than expected, buries the Scalvert Stone, which is said to attract good luck, in the ground on her first night at the stable, hoping that the stone will bring her good luck.
Viv, who has begun full-scale interior work, scouts out a repairman, Karl (Hove), who will transform the stable into a cafe and gets to work.
A few days later, the shabby Viv's Cafe opens its doors with the hiring of a charming succubus, Tandry, who came to the notice posted on the bulletin board in the square to find staff to work at the completed cafe.
Despite expectations, business was sluggish in an unfamiliar coffee place.
Viv, who was looking for a way to attract customers while looking at the empty cafe, notices that Timble (Ratkin), a customer, is a baker and hires him, gradually expanding the scale of the cafe.
Was it luck, or was it the secret stone buried in the cafe that brought good luck?
At some point, Viv's cafe became a hot place where everyone in Toon gathered.
The unusual guests who visit the unfamiliar cafe and the cafe manager, Viv, who welcomes them without prejudice.
I believe that the success of the cafe is due to the power of the stone, but I doubt that power… … .
A cafe where dazzling minds come together to illuminate the darkness
The beginning of a cozy fantasy that will warm your heart!
People are drawn to the sweet aroma of bread and the harmonious, fragrant coffee that permeates the café. In "Do You Know Viv's Café?", Viv's Café becomes a gathering place for people as warm as the temperature of freshly baked bread and freshly brewed coffee.
Just like the saying, "If you want to have good people around you, you have to be a good person first," you can see similar people naturally gathering around the kind Viv who runs the cafe.
For Viv, who is not a cold and sharp warrior, but has a warmer heart than anyone else, the good fortune brought by the Scalvert Stone is the meeting of people like herself, and the precious relationship that leads from friendship to solidarity.
Through stories depicting the affectionate relationships of various characters, we hope you can briefly escape from the coldness and indifference of society and experience the unique coziness of Viv's cafe, lit with warmth even in the dark, with a cup of coffee.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: August 22, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 468 pages | 482g | 128*188*23mm
- ISBN13: 9791170965206
- ISBN10: 1170965202
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