Coel ap Math and Snorri Yaroslav are soldiers without a cause. When a mysterious sorcerer makes them an offer they can’t afford to refuse, they set out on an adventure that will take them around the known world, and one that will determine the world's fate.

    Howard's best-known tales!Contains Conan Volume 0 (Born on the Battlefield), Volume 1 (The Frost Giants Daughter) and Volume 2 (The God in the Bowl).

    Dragons have returned! Kai is the town drunk. His life is simple, he works every day to pay for the drinks that help drown his sorrow, until one day when a beautiful warrior enters his favorite watering hole and changes his life forever. Raven is a proud warrior sworn to defend Princess Isabella. Her task to take child away from a devious stepfather is interrupted by an ambush that leaves her in desperate need of a tracker. When she goes looking for help she has an altercation with the one man who can help her! Princess Isabella flees one bad situation only to find herself in a much worse one. However, an unlikely character comes to her rescue. One that she had only dreamed about... Author's note: Book two of the Dragonblood Sagas continues the story of the return of dragons. This time on the Isle of Seron.

    Ruled by the Sorcerer King, Zemel, who believes himself to be invincible. And with a weapon created in the pits of hell by the god of death he might well be. The ancient Scepter of Xarbaal harnesses a magic capable of shattering the very foundations of the world. But such power is borne at a cost. Those who dare test their will against its ancient evil are doomed to madness. Before the Sorcerer King can raze his entire kingdom to the ground, those closest to him risk everything by betraying him. They steal the scepter, hoping to release him from its insidious influence. But for Zemel there is no such salvation.Driven to the edge of madness by a need for vengeance against those who have wronged him and a thirst for fire and death that no amount of war can slake, the Sorcerer King is willing to tear the world asunder to recover his lost treasure. Paranoia means that Zemel trusts no one, but there is enough of the old king left inside his mind to still respect one man: Akiri.The Dul' Buhar are the deadliest of warriors, gifted extraordinary skills through the dark magic of their king, and Akiri is the greatest of them. His mind is as lethal as a steel trap, his blade twice as deadly. Born into a life of constant battle, he is unlike any man... which might just be his salvation. But if he succeeds on the mad king's quest Akiri could bring about the death of the world.

    Howard's stories about Conan the Barbarian.These stories were originally published in Weird Tales magazine between 1933 and 1936.The Conan stories included in the collection are:1. The Frost Giant's Daughter (Gods of the North)2. The Tower of the Elephant3. Rogues in the House4. Shadows in the Moonlight (Iron Shadows in the Moon)5. Black Colossus6. Queen of the Black Coast7. The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk)8. A Witch Shall Be Born9. The Devil in Iron10. The People of the Black Circle11. Shadows in Zamboula (Man-Eaters of Zamboula)12. The Pool of the Black One13. Beyond the Black River14. Red Nails15. Jewels of Gwahlur (The Teeth of Gwahlur)16. The Phoenix on the Sword17. The Scarlet Citadel18. The Hour of the Dragon (Conan the Conqueror)As an added bonus, also included in the set are:Cimmeria—A PoemThe Hyborian Age—Conan's World (This is Howard's background essay on the world of Conan)For ease of navigation, the anthology includes an interactive table of contents. The stories in this collection are ordered roughly in chronological order from Conan's first adventures as a young mercenary adventurer and thief to his final epic clashes as a king and are based on the Rippke chronology.About Conan:Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.Conan the Character:Conan is a Cimmerian. From Robert E. Howard's writings (The Hyborian Age among others) it is known that the Cimmerians were based on the Celts or Gaels. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as a youth and, by age fifteen, he was already a respected warrior who had participated in the destruction of the Aquilonian outpost of Venarium. After its demise, he was struck by wanderlust and began the adventures chronicled by Howard, encountering skulking monsters, evil wizards, tavern wenches, and beautiful princesses. He roamed throughout the Hyborian Age nations as a thief, outlaw, mercenary, and pirate. As he grew older, he began commanding larger units of men and escalating his ambitions.

    I came here to buy it back."In a world inhabited by creatures from Earth's mythical past, the realm of Gateskeep faces a rising army led by the son of a great sorcerer, exiled to Earth as a child, who has regained his father's throne by combining modern knowledge with his gift for magic.A young Gateskeep sorcerer, traveling to Earth in a quest to better understand their new enemy, stumbles across an unlikely prospect for a hero: Jarrod Torrealday, a former Olympic saber hopeful banned from competition for killing another fencer in a duel. Despondent, volatile, alcoholic, yet still one of the greatest swordsmen alive, Jarrod now works for third-rate fantasy films as a technical consultant and stuntman. He accepts appointment to an elite unit in the service of the king of Gateskeep, and with it, a shot at both knighthood and personal redemption.Swept into a treacherous and deadly world of intrigue and conspiracy, Jarrod learns that the enemy sorcerer has laid the foundations for a new kind of war, which Gateskeep and its allies stand no chance of surviving. Jarrod is forced to take matters into his own hands, embarking on a desperate mission to stop the brewing war before it destroys the realm he swore to defend. First, though, he must square off against his fiercest demons, for he knows that in order to save those he has come to love, he must allow himself to kill again.Gripping and literate, with spectacular worldbuilding and a sharp eye for combat, Dragon's Trail is an epic fantasy thriller and the first book in Joseph Malik's Outworlders saga.

     Nath finds an ally in Venir in his quest to search for a way home, but the world of Bish, it's harsh elements and it's nefarious people won't make it easy. Oran the underling Cleric has sought the assistance of Collo the Gnoll and his manhunters to hunt down Nath Dragon and The Darkslayer down. But the underling Lords Catten and Verbard don't think that will be enough. The imbue Oran with some of the nastiest underlings hunters of all. Realizing that he is putting new friends and allies in danger, Nath decides to go it alone and enters the eerie and unpredictable Red Clay Forest where he is never heard from again. It's up to the Darkslayer to find Nath before the dark forces that chase him close in. Can Venir find Nath in time? Or will Nath's pride be his undoing?

    One that cause him to use the forbidden Glimmer Stones which create constructs of physical light, and by law only nobles are allowed to touch. Threatened with death by duchy law and evil forces intent on capturing him and his dark secret, Aiden is forced to learn how to control this emerging power to save all that he holds dear. However, will that which saves him also be his world's downfall? The dreaded Mourning Lords, beings that came from the dawn of the Cataclysm four thousand years earlier once more walk the land, searching for an answer to their torment. Will Aiden learn how to become a master of Glimmer Steel or will the mystery of the Cataclysm and the destruction of technology drown him as surely as it nearly cracked the world in half? A Glimmer of Truth, Book 2 of the Glimmer Stone Saga will be available in September 2016. (Chapter 1 of book 2 is included as a sneak peek!) A Glimmer of War, Book 3 of the Glimmer Stone Saga will be available January 2017.

    Now, he spends his days as a trapper. He knows the northern mountains of Dryden Range better than any other fur trader in the business. More than that, he is one of only two such people to have ever worked in Geberron Pass, the most deadly parts of Dryden Range. When he is approached by a middle-aged man and his teenage nephew, Garrin knows there is more to the pair than they are telling him. They seek passage to Brywood, a city to the north of Dryden Range and across the Seron River, which marks the northernmost border of Garrin’s homeland. Most folk would travel west along the southern coastline and then turn northward, skirting around the mountains. These two, however, are offering a small fortune to go directly through the mountains with Garrin as their guide. The uncle pitches the idea as if he was nothing more than an adventure-hungry lesser-noble with too much gold and time on his hands for his own good. Garrin knows that even those seeking adventure would never think to attempt Geberron Pass in the winter, unless they were hiding something. Still, the stranger makes Garrin an offer too good to pass up. However, as the trio pushes forward through Dryden Range, Garrin soon learns that the uncle’s secret is far more serious than he ever could have imagined, and he finds himself in peril the likes of which he has never experienced before. Garrin quickly realizes he will need to dig deep and employ his full range of skills to ensure the safety of the group, and particularly protect the life of the youth who has clearly been plunged in over his teenage head.

    Howard comes an anthology of wonder, adventure, fantasy, and the strange. Schuyler Hernstrom brings fantasy short fiction back to its roots with four short stories and a novella. Each story is a paean to the genre from the days when lurid paperbacks called to us from rickety spinner racks, Burroughs reprints alongside Moorcock and Jakes and many others. This is a collection to savor on a lazy afternoon, a trip into the weird and heroic. Sometimes wry, sometimes brutal, and always entertaining. Grim warlords and dark prophecy, selfish wizards and beautiful women, strange aliens and fatal hubris, all contained within its pages. This anthology will delight the connoisseur who prefers an older vintage and makes no apology. In the fantasy genre what was old is new again. So get in your airbrushed van and buckle up.

    Salvatore's-Drizzt Do' Urden, Frizt Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, David Gemmell's Druss the Legend, Raymond E. Feist's Pug the Wizard, and Robert E. Howard's Conan, like The Darkslayer series ... perhaps you will as well. Book 4: Danger and the Druid Bloody Bish… As Venir wanders aimlessly through the Mist trying to find his way home, the Underlings, led by Lord Verbard and Master Sinway's son Kierway, hatch an underling assault on Bish. Detective Melegal remains neck deep in Royal Games, trying to hunt down the Slergs, who have Venir’s son Brak in tow, as well as trying to enact his own personal vengeance on the Cleric Sefron. Book 5: Outrage in the Outlands Hanging on… Venir is pushed to his limits in the Outlands: battling underlings and trying to find a way to staunch the underling armies that are quickly spreading from one corner of Bish to the other. Detective Melegal, struggling to get his life back under control, finds himself with more responsibility that he ever asked for. Not only does his life hang in the balance, but the fate of many others as well. Will his actions save them or spell doom for them all? Book 6: Chaos at the Castle Is this it? With Venir imprisoned at the Outpost, who will step forward to protect Bish from the rising tide of underlings? Who will save Venir? Detective Melegal survives from one day to the next, only to find himself in one impossible jam after another. Will the keys he acquired spell his freedom or his doom?

    Then she learns she's fighting for the wrong side. Fleeing for her life, she seeks out Max, the one wizard who can help save her people. Michael is a simple carpenter. While other eighteen-year-olds seek adventure, he loves his quiet life. Then nightstalkers attack and everything turns to chaos. With the world on the brink of Armageddon, a mystical gem known as the Eye calls on Michael to wield its great magic, but its power is useless if he can’t learn to embrace the magic within himself. Thrown into a war of wizards and warlocks, demons and dragons, Michael and Falon follow Max on a daring mission to save the world. Racing headlong toward the fight of their life, Michael must wield powers he barely understands while Falon must embrace skills she abhors and Max must become the wizard he failed to be in the past.

    Commoners love their benevolent leader, but the kingdom's gentry take offense to the outsider among them. Amid noble plots and demands for her to marry a local aristocrat, an assassination attempt places her life in peril--if she will not have one of them for a husband, they would sooner see her dead. Finding allies in strangers with powerful gifts and even darker secrets, Ysolde must learn what it means to lead and find her own inner strengths. Whether or not she survives the tangled web of treason will determine the fate of her duchy, the royal family, and the kingdom she loves. Blend the intrigue of Game of Thrones with a touch of Outlander's romance for an adventurous fantasy in a whole new realm of magic. Fans of Diana Gabaldon and George R.R. Martin will love the richly descriptive world of Terraina and its many colorful characters.

    Now he is a disgraced exile, outcast and alone. Yet he is still a warrior without peer, and when death cultists attack an innocent village, Ridmark must put himself to the test to save the villagers. Or die in the attempt... ABOUT THE AUTHOR Standing over six feet tall, Jonathan Moeller has the piercing blue eyes of a Conan of Cimmeria, the bronze-colored hair of a Visigothic warrior-king, and the stern visage of a captain of men, none of which are useful in his career as a computer repairman, alas. He has written the DEMONSOULED series of sword-and-sorcery novels, and continues to write THE GHOSTS sequence about assassin and spy Caina Amalas, the COMPUTER BEGINNER'S GUIDE series of computer books, and numerous other works.

    Free on Kindle Unlimited:US: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A3LKQQIUK: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01A3LKQQICAN: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01A3LKQQI FOREIGN TONGUE: SIX BIZARRE TALES OF LOVE & MONSTERS by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mark McLaughlin explores the many types of intense relationships that can exist between humans and unspeakable nonhumans. You will learn the facts about monsters who are cherished friends … members of the family … dangerous enemies … and yes, even passionate lovers. Here you will discover the many unholy creatures who lurk in the labyrinthine corridors of Valgrumbo House. You will witness the wicked goings-on at the Sweet Thang Adult Emporium … the reptilian horror of Motulu, Monster of Death … and the grandiose magickal Simulacrum of the desirable wizard, Mungha Sorcyllamia. You will attend a surreal film festival where nightmares and erotic fantasies entwine on the screen and in real life ... all in FOREIGN TONGUE.Mark McLaughlin is the author of MAGIC CANNOT DIE, BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM and HIDEOUS FACES, BEAUTIFUL SKULLS, and with Michael Sheehan, Jr., has co-authored THE ABOMINATIONS OF NEPHREN-KA, THE HORROR IN THE WATER TOWER, THE BLASPHEMY IN THE CANOPIC JAR, SHOGGOTH APOCALYPSE, THE RELIC IN THE EGYPTIAN GALLERY, and THE CREATURE IN THE WAXWORKS.

    Hundreds of thousands of slaves were funneled into the blood pens to fuel their powerful blood magic. With the threat of trekken invasion looming, the five elven nations united into Elven Federation. Realizing they couldn't defeat the trekken alone, the elves formed an alliance with the dwarves of Steel Mountain and the humans of the Iron Empire. After decades of brutal fighting, the alliance broke the Crimson Kingdom. Their king dead and his clan annihilated, the survivors sought refuge in the massive forests of their ancestral home. Weary of war and death, the alliance declared themselves victorious. Aware the Trekken could still pose a threat, the alliance established forts to guard against Trekken raids, swearing to support each other if the threat reemerged. The long lived dwarves and elves have not forgotten, but the same can't be said for the short lived humans. A new leader has emerged from among the Trekken, with dreams of uniting the clans and once more raising the banner of the Crimson Kingdom. When a young elf foils a Trekken raid, the destruction and death he sees changes him forever and he commits himself to opposing the rise of the Trekken.

     Mba, a retired constable, is called back to active duty to deal with a situation that still haunts him twenty years later. Mba and a host of characters battle a scourge that once ravaged the city and may be poised to return. Beneath the Shining Jewel is both familiar and unique, combining African folklore with a good dose of horror and action adventure. Sword and Soul - African-inspired Heroic and Epic Fantasy - has been taken in a new and thrilling direction with Beneath the Shining Jewel, a tale that will have you riveted from beginning to end.

    After being accused of a terrible crime, Arlon Ghosbane, the inheritor of a secret legacy of the vanquished overlords of the Joined Realm, is forced to flee his from his family and the only life he has ever known. Guided by a renegade howler intent on freeing his race, Arlon discovers that a world far different than one he had been taught about lies beyond his water-rich homeland. The fate of humanity will be determined by the decisions of a young fugitive and a former slave as they fight for the future of the Joined Realm.

    It isn’t by accident. An eyeless sorcerer has summoned Bryle. He wants the barbarian to retrieve a talisman that will stop a demon of unfathomable power. To do so, Bryle must first face the challenges of the sorcerer’s maze: flooded tunnels, poisoned traps, and a monstrous beast that can heal its own wounds. The sorcerer promises the barbarian his freedom if he succeeds. But can Bryle trust the word of such a being? Can he trust anything other than the sword in his hand? Charles Allen Gramlich is no stranger to the sword and sorcery genre as the author of the “Talera” fantasy trilogy and the short story collection Bitter Steel. Continuing the Veridical Dreams series, Gramlich's heroic fantasy short story MAGE, MAZE, DEMON follows on the heels of the anthology The Lizard’s Ardent Uniform & Other Stories and the novella Treasure of Ice and Fire.

    A thrilling new novella about the daring exploits of the Free, the most feared mercenary company the world has ever known

    It’s up to four teenagers and a time traveler to find a solution before it’s too late. Supreme Pharmaceuticals designs and manufactures Enoxadin, a drug that coats the inner walls of arteries and prevents heart attacks and strokes. The medicine, taken by everyone over twenty-years old, works wonders for decades until it interacts with a new virus and starts killing the population it's meant to protect. Brent, a scientist from the future, journeys to the past to find four teenagers and warn them of what will befall an unsuspecting populace. Armageddon is coming, and failure isn't an option—these young adults have to find a way to save the lives of billions, rescuing them from a horrific and unanticipated disaster. Ordinary young people with a surprising mission race against time in The Traveler’s Secret, the first volume in The Traveler series, by Dr. L. Jan Eira. Fast-paced, with multiple twists and surprises, this young adult fantasy novel is full of heart and suspense.

    Meanwhile, Blue fights for his life and perhaps his very soul, with the aid of Malika, a dancer from Khulan, against an otherworldly foe that is no less than omnipotent.Also available as a fantastic full audiobook dramatization at dreamtowermedia.com.

    Carry No Weapons. Do No Harm. Those three rules safeguarded countless generations of travelers through the enchanted forest—until they didn’t. One boy’s murder ripped open a gateway allowing evil to enter. Now no one is safe from corruption.Enchanted trees take Sarn to where the forest failed to uphold its rules. Seeing a dead child gifted with the same magic as his son unhinges Sarn. He vows to find out the truth no matter what the cost. But his gift is untrained.Finding answers won’t be easy. Sarn must balance nights serving the Rangers with days dedicated to hiding his son from the dark forces stalking them both. When Sarn’s masters demand he abandon the quest, he faces an impossible choice—doom the ghost whose murder endangers them all or die from the backlash of breaking his word. With the odds stacked against him, can Sarn fix anything or will all be lost? In a country where magic is illegal, an untrained mage is their only hope.

    Featuring: Novelette A Hill of Stars by Misha Burnett Short Stories The Gift of the Ob-Men by Schuyler Hernstrom This Day, At Tilbury by Kat Otis At the Feet of Neptune's Queen by Abraham Strongjohn Rose by Any Other Name by Brian K. Lowe Late Bloom by Melanie Rees The Hour of the Rat by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt Poetry My Name is John Carter (Part 1) by James Hutchings Essay Retrospective: Toyman by E.C. Tubb by Jeffro Johnson

    Howard, Fritz Lieber, Stephen Lawhead and George R. R. Martin. Hulking Norse berserker Erik Bedlam lives and fights with a piece of steel lodged in his skull. Ever hallucinating the netherworld, his unpredictable behavior provides no end of challenges to his traveling companion, mercenary Alanis Johansson. After the battle of Clontarf in 1014 A.D., the two launch into a series of bizarre circumstances and horrors that tackle their courage, meddle, and strength. Through these warriors, thrown into a series of horrific events in what seemed like pure chance, cruel fate starts to form into a design. Though hopefully guided by Odin, the All-Father, when contacted via the power of the one-eyed mage Kendrick Prescott a greater mystery awaits. The trio moves onward, facing dragons, neo-druids, cannibal Highlanders, vampire dwarves, and a Lovecraftian horror, to name but a few obstacles. Through it all, Kendrick proves to be not all he appears, but uses the mercenaries as his vehicle to cross the land. Alanis, also a man of secrets, struggles under so many horrors, but the unpredictable, jovial and violent Bedlam staggers through it all, be it episodes of demonic possession, jousts, or hallucinatory substances. Painted on a canvas of actual historical events, the body count rises as the travelers make their way down the coast of England, seeking passage off the island. A story of heroism, malevolence, and ferocity; BEDLAM UNLEASHED shows how courage can propel individuals beyond the borders of the human spirit. Come trod through the bloody footprints of history and hold on tight to one’s self and one’s soul.

    While researching a worsening weather crisis, she discovers a secret that changes her perception of the world forever. Will this new information prevent Braelyn from performing the necessary steps to restore the weather? Or will this knowledge lead the girl deeper into a conspiracy that is bound to affect the entire world?