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The Adventurer's Guild by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos

Two friends dream of glory—until they’re drafted into a guild that protects a walled city from the nightmares beyond. Training is perilous, secrets run deep, and the monsters aren’t the only things to fear. Packed with adventure and heart, The Adventurer’s Guild throws you into a world where courage is the most precious skill.

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... the perilous initiation trials, mentorship, and guild-like training that bind a misfit team together?

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

If you loved how Zed and Brock get drafted into the Adventurers Guild in Orinthal and thrown into lethal tryouts with their squad—venturing beyond the wall to face the Dangers while earning their place—you’ll click with Morrigan Crow’s nerve‑wracking trials to enter the Wundrous Society. With Jupiter North as a quirky mentor, the Hallowmas Chase Trial, the Book Trial, and the Fright Trial echo that mix of danger, teamwork, and proving yourself under pressure that made the apprentices’ early missions with Liza, Jett, and the healer so compelling in The Adventurer’s Guild.

... tight‑knit bonds formed inside a secret organization that becomes a second family?

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

You enjoyed how Zed, Brock, Liza, Jett, and the rest of the apprentices forge loyalty in the Guild—watching each other’s backs on sorties beyond the wall and in the city’s back alleys while a larger conspiracy brews. In Amari and the Night Brothers, Amari enters the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, finds steadfast allies like her brilliant roommate Elsie, and builds a ride‑or‑die team as she digs into her brother Quinton’s disappearance. That same warm, found‑family vibe—tempered by real danger and tough choices—runs through both stories.

... alternating perspectives of friends juggling secrets, quests, and clashing loyalties?

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

If switching between Zed’s and Brock’s viewpoints—balancing a half‑elf’s place in Orinthal with a merchant’s son hiding dangerous secrets—hooked you, The Lost Hero mirrors that momentum. Jason, Piper, and Leo trade chapters as their quest barrels forward, each voice revealing new angles on the same peril. Like the Guild apprentices’ missions and street‑level scrapes, the trio’s shifting POVs deepen the stakes of every fight and twist while keeping the camaraderie front and center.

... schemes where powerful players use kids as pawns in high‑stakes power games?

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Brock’s entanglement with Orinthal’s merchant power brokers and the Guild’s uneasy politics—where every mission bumps against hidden agendas—pairs perfectly with The False Prince. Conner pits orphaned boys against one another to install a counterfeit heir on the throne, and every dinner table conversation is as dangerous as a swordfight. If the Guild apprentices’ brush with conspiracies behind the city walls intrigued you, Sage’s knife‑edge maneuvering through courtly deceit will scratch that same itch.

... young operatives investigating deadly supernatural cases as a scrappy, close‑quarters team?

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

Loved the Guild patrols beyond Orinthal’s wall—tracking signs of the Dangers, piecing together clues in ruined outskirts, and surviving by teamwork? The Screaming Staircase follows Lucy, Lockwood, and George as they hunt murderous ghosts in London’s most haunted houses. Casework unfolds like the apprentices’ missions: evidence‑gathering, careful tactics, then sudden peril, with iron chains and rapiers standing in for the Guild’s gear. It’s that same blend of mystery, action, and on‑the‑fly problem solving.

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