even for a “monster.” Life hasn’t been easy for Scars of No-Clan. The king has a bounty out on all monstrous folk, leaving half-orc warriors like Scars no choice but to work for the local evil wizard. Now adventurers have hit the wizard’s dungeon, wiping out years of hard work along with most of his co-workers. He’s left with a handful of survivors: an outcast goblin scout, a heretical gnoll, the wizard’s bizarre apprentice, a bandit cut loose from the stockade, and a murderous knife-fighting lady bugbear. They have to escape before the adventurers find them--and the only way out is through the darkest reaches of the dungeon. Scars wanted to walk off this job the day he was hired, but going out like this is going to look terrible on his résumé.

    A desperate quest for a lost relic. The final battle to save humanity from extinction.This boxed set includes:______________________________________The Buried Symbol: Runes of Issalia, Book 1The Emblem Throne: Runes of Issalia, Book 2An Empire in Runes: Runes of Issalia, Book 3Rogue Legacy: Origins of Issalia, Book 0.5 Meet the Heroes of Issalia:______________________________________Brock is a downtrodden teen-turned-thief. With a kind heart and big dreams, he enters a school for the elite under a false identity and soon discovers latent magical abilities unlike anything ever recorded. Or so he believes. Brock's compassion and gregarious nature draw others toward him, forming a squad who will become the hope against a tide of destruction.Ashland is training to become a master healer until she discovers the secrets the Ministry is protecting. She relies on her intelligence and spirit as she strives for a better future. If only she can escape her troubled past.Cameron is an imposing warrior with legendary bloodlines and the natural ability to become the greatest swordsman who has ever lived. His calm demeanor and courage make him a rock that others can lean on. But can he escape his father's shadow?Benny is an engineer whose optimism is overshadowed only by his brilliance. His inventions amaze his peers and superiors...and when he combines magic with science, he changes his world forever. If only he realized the destruction he would cause.Parker -- the son of a powerful Empire leader -- is on a path to follow in his father's footsteps. However, his desire for independence alters his future. What will the man do when Parker chooses his friends over his future in the Ministry?Lyra is a rogue and a survivor, overcoming every obstacle in her path until she stumbles across a plot for world domination. Her tenacity might be the only thing that can reshape destiny and create a new legacy._____________________________________These heroes join a far larger cast of characters, young and old. Read on and discover what readers call "A classic underdog fantasy adventure, filled with magic, mystery, and monsters."

    Both have only one thing in common; they have unknowingly been chosen by God to join forces with Chado Cole and his Guardian Angel. Before doing so, they must pass through many trials and tribulations set before them. Their first encounter is to take a journey to the very edge of life and death. This mysterious phenomenon is described by some as a near-death encounter.During their traumatic transitions into the afterlife, Matt is forced to walk on the parched dead surface of Hell, witnessing its horrors, even facing the pit itself. Christy, on the other hand, gets to experience something a bit different. She is allowed to be led by angels to see the grandeur of Heaven. To her surprise while being lost in the surrounding beauty, she encounters something from her past that will touch the very core of your heart.The Portal Series is unusually distinctive, as it touches a wide range of genres. Explore this strange but unique tale, as the characters seem to actually come to life. These stories will truly draw you down inside the pages. You will find yourself standing beside Chado Cole, as this league of extraordinary servants is led by God on a mission to give mankind one last chance for redemption.We hope you enjoy ‘Bloodline of the Scrolls’. If you have not read book one of ‘The Portal Series’, ‘Scars of My Guardian Angel’, don’t miss out! Become a part of what many readers have already experienced, as they report wonderful stories of healing and hope, through this life-changing story.Coming in 2019: The Portal Series, Book 3, ‘Revelation of the Scrolls’.

    Meanwhile, their new recruit, Elias, struggles to adapt to his unexpected gift of life while suffering dark dreams of an ancient terror.As the skies darken and storm-clouds gather on the Dragon Road, the crew of the Elysium come face to face with deadly intrigues, plots from beyond death, and a terrible darkness that lurks in the heart of a thousand-year storm.File Under: Fantasy [ Atmospheric Disturbance | Eternal Order | Trust No One | Storm Riders ]

    And when you know what you’ve done, you can’t hope for anything more. Bereft in a hostile world, an orc general struggles to come to terms with his role in the destruction of his people. Running and hiding from the humans and elves that hunt him down, he searches for other orc survivors.When two human wizards finally pin him down in an abandoned orcish mountain fortress, he must use his wits and cunning to prevail, redeeming himself and the magic of his people.

    Two worlds in peril. Over 200,00 words of reverse harem epic fantasy! My world isn’t safe. The northern gate lies open and monsters roam the land. Towns are locked behind walls, protected by the emperor and his Black Army. Once, a fated priestess and her four guardians kept the gate sealed with magic, but there hasn’t been a priestess in over a century…or so I thought. When a monster attacks me within the walls of my village, I am saved by Sir Forrest—the quiet former soldier who came to Istim three years ago. Turns out, he’s been watching me. Waiting for my powers to awaken. I am the fated priestess. But there have been others. The genius commander Abel and the Black Army have killed them all. Sir Forrest found out the truth, and now he is driven by his sacred mission to help me find my guardians and bring me to the gate. All I have to do? Find them and join with them in the Grand Quintet to grant them the powers I apparently hold, close the gate, and save the world…without suffering the same dire fate as the priestesses who came before me. I’ve always liked attention…but this is too much. Contains: Book One: Priestess Awakened Book Two: Priestess Bound Book Three: Priestess Unleashed

     The new tactics and the newly developed technologies of the people from Earth appear to be unstoppable, and the forces of the evil empire are pressed on every side. But the Half Lich Emperor Ellandra Mashara has not lived for four thousand years without knowing how to fight. He is on the brink of immortality, his transformation to a litch almost complete. He needs to beat the human immortals, lead by the German Kurt von Mannerheim and the ancient Jew, Ismael Levine, if he wants to preserve his empire. He can only do this with the aid of the Death God Bothar, who will send his infernal minions to Refuge to battle the alliance. The alliance has a Goddess of its own, and Arathonia, the Queen of Life, is determined to supplant Bothar on this continent. This time it will not only be a battle between humans, elves, dwarves and orcs, dragons and wizards. This time the divine will battle the infernal in the flesh, and the planet might not survive. And the inventions of a whizened engineer from the Earth might by the deciding factor. ??? The saga continues, as Earth born humans and their native allies battle against an empire of death that has ruled the lands for thousands of years. Can the humans prevail, or will they become the slaves of the Ellala elves, kept only for their life energy? Scroll up and grab a copy today.

    The last time she had spoken to her waiting suitor, the powerful Prince of Tyath, she was only a child. What’s more, Kathleen holds a secret, a magical secret, and it is one that if she cannot hide, may destroy her homeland. A TORMENTED GUARDIAN Jared, a fearless warrior with a dark past, yearns to avenge his sister and rescue his brother from a murderous barbarian horde. But before he can do that, his Master tasks him with escorting a princess across the hostile lands of Desnia, and delivering her safely to the altar. Yet this journey will not be as easy as Jared thinks. Haunted by his past, the princess becomes an unlikely confidante and object of his affection. So when the wedding procession is attacked, Kathleen and her guardian find themselves not only in a fight for their lives, but in a battle to navigate the pitfalls of forbidden emotions. A DANGEROUS JOURNEY With war on the horizon, and the fate of an empire filled with political strife hanging in the balance, will Jared and Kathleen sacrifice a powerful alliance for true love?

    With bloody action and dry wit, this story aims to revisit the fantasy fiction of old. Touches of Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, and Jack Vance shine in this thought provoking tale of adventure. At turns humorous and dark, this is a classic epic adventure in novella form. If new fiction generally leaves you lukewarm, get ready to be excited for great characters, bold action, and weird spectacle. Sword and sorcery is back!

    To help the young man grasp who he is, the Trolls, Vendel, Blinky, and AAARRRGGHH!!!, and his best friend, Toby, look at the adventures and misadventures of six previous Trollhunters during times when they, too, questioned themselves. Through their stories Jim discovers how Trollhunters Deya the Deliverer and Kanjigar the Courageous--and others--used their different attributes to be the best they could be . . . And how he can try to do the same.Writer Richard Ashley Hamilton (How to Train Your Dragon: The Serpent's Heir) expands on the world of the Trollhunters along with Timothy Green II (Avengers Academy), Joe Silver (Animal Man), Omar Lozano (Ultra Duck), Wes Dzioba (Serenity), and Edgar Delgado (Ultra Duck)!

    These stories are the real thing, crammed with sword-swinging action, dark sorceries, dread, and ferocious monsters -- and they hurtle forward at a headlong pace.Issue #1 contains 7 stories, each featuring a full page black-and-white illustration. When appropriate to the tale, maps to terrifying tombs and sinister lairs are included as well. Each story has been written, edited, illustrated, and laid out in classic pulp magazine format. A bonus section translates elements from each story - creatures, magic items, and more - into Dungeon Crawl Classics game terms.Issue #1 features fiction by James Enge, John C. Hocking, Howard Andrew Jones, Aeryn Rudel, Bill Ward, C. L. Werner, and Chris Willrich. The magazine is edited by Howard Andrew Jones and published by Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games, with layout by Lester B. Portly.Each story is lovingly illustrated by industry stalwarts, and issue #1 features art by Jennell Jaquays, Doug Kovacs, Willam McAusland, Brad McDevitt, Ian Miller, Russ Nicholson, and Stefan Poag.

    He is not a veteran, a knight or even a great warrior. He is a man; a man who loves his wife enough to join the army before the final battle in a losing war in the hopes of keeping her, and all like her, safe.The final battle will be the siege of Tenarr, the capital. Underequipped, with a small army of mostly new recruits, few believe they stand a chance – not against an experienced army that massively outnumbers them – an army with sorcery on its side.Maddus, though, doesn’t believe this. He joins the army believing that any one person there can make a difference.He believes they can win.

    Their unlikely friendship sets them on a course of adventures across the wild mysterious continent of Plemora, where they face monsters, magicians, maledictions, and things nameless and far stranger. A novel-length collection of Heroic Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventures in the tradition of the Golden Age (Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, and C.L. Moore). Written and Illustrated by Robert Zoltan.

    Instead he kills a snake-man and has to go on the run with Tawna, the beautiful tavern wench. Their only possible escape from the reptilian-ruled city is a path through the demon-haunted ruins of Nephasth. Will Vegtam and Tawna escape the horrors closing in on them, let alone those that lie ahead? Find out in this collection of six savage sword-and-sorcery tales from the pen of Howie K. Bentley! His series reminds me of 1970s sword and sorcery along the lines of Karl Edward Wagner or in Swords Against Darkness. There is a very memorable plot and secondary characters. I will remember this story in the future, which is one of the highest compliments I can give. – Morgan Holmes (Castalia House) Bentley’s prose is good, and his sense of pacing on target. He’s done a good job here, successfully melding mystery, creepy atmospherics, and bloodletting, creating a tale that would be right at home in one of Lin Carter’s or Andrew Offutt’s anthologies. I can’t give a story a better commendation than that. – Fletcher Vredenburgh (Black Gate) …Where There Is No Sanctuary by Howie K. Bentley is next and it is a real punch in the face. This might be my favorite story in the issue. A werewolf warrior cuts his way through a demonic tower that has fallen out of time. Lots of action, horror, and imagination. This is the type of material that I read Cirsova for. – wastelandandsky.blogspot.com Pretty sure it gave me nightmares. – Cirsova

    These stories are the real thing, crammed with sword-swinging action, dark sorceries, dread, and ferocious monsters — and they hurtle forward at a headlong pace.The second issue of Tales From the Magician’s Skull continues the great material that we put in place with the first issue. The second issue contains 7 new stories by some amazing talent!

    But she is no ordinary woman. She is Yyalla Thane, descended from the dwarf lords of old, and her child will fulfill a prophecy of hope and doom.Birth of the Nameless Dwarf is a short story introduction to the saga of the Nameless Dwarf by international bestselling author, D.P. Prior.If you enjoy this taster, please take the plunge into the entire series (recommended reading order below):1. A Dwarf With No Name 2. Axe of the Dwarf Lords3. The Scout and the Serpent4. The Ebon Staff5. Bane of the Liche Lord6. Return of the Dwarf LordsOrigins:1. Carnifex2. Geas of the Black Axe

    Howard. Not forgetting fantastic illustrations by Jim Pitts, Régis Moulun, Tony Gleeson, Kurt Brugel and Yannis Rubus Rubulias.How to order? Message the Press via Facebook