FROM BLAKE SMITH:  The Road to Stonberg (The Mercenary Series Book 1).

Gavril of Grimsby is not your ordinary monster-slayer for hire…

Gavril thought defeating a giant was the most interesting thing he’d do all week. But when a merchant caravan needs guards for the treacherous journey over the mountains to Stonberg, he can’t resist signing on, and learns that even peaceful men don’t always have peaceful lives.
*I’m reliably informed this adventure involves oggling pretty girls and killing monsters. Because the reverse would just be wrong. Also it would probably then be one of my books. This one is probably more fun ;) – SAH*