Download or read book Fate of the Dwarf Lords written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having worked out his penance and resettled his people in the citadel of Arnoch, the Nameless Dwarf decides to start a new life in the up-and-coming town of Brink. Seven years later, he has everything a dwarf could possibly wish for—a gym, a beer hall, and a bawdy house across the road. Then a blood-stained dwarf staggers into town with a message of doom: Arnoch has sunk beneath the waves, its last defense against the attack of a five-headed dragon. The one slender hope remaining to the dwarves lies in their distant past: the dwarf lords, who had been created for perils such as this. But for centuries, they have been in exile on Thanatos, a death world likely to change even the greatest of heroes. With time running out for Arnoch, Nameless must find the dwarf lords and persuade them to come home. But before that, he first has to survive them.

Download or read book The Return of the King written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy fiction. The first ever illustrated paperback of part three of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring 15 colour paintings by Alan Lee.

Download or read book The Nameless Dwarf written by Derek P. Prior and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dwarves have gone! Thousands have been slaughtered in the blood-drenched streets of their ravine city by a demonic axe in the hands of one of their own. The survivors have fled beyond the mountains, heading into a realm haunted by the nightmares of a twisted god. When Nils Fargin, son of an underworld boss, is hired to find them, he travels with his client to seek the advice of a lowlife mage. With what he learns, he should have asked for more money. The trail leads them to the domain of the terrifying Ant-Man, who is rumored to eat the flesh of anyone refusing to pay his toll. And as if that wasn't enough, it turns out Nils's client is none other than the Nameless Dwarf, better known to his kind as the Ravine Butcher. The Nameless Dwarf is an epic tale of remorse and redemption that pits a whiskerless thief, a guilt-driven assassin, a consumptive wizard, and an amnesiac dwarf against the worst imaginings of a craven mind. But the companions bring troubles of their own, not least of which is an ancient grimoire that leads them inexorably towards a forest of tar and an evil that threatens the existence of an entire race. The last hope of the dwarves comes from the unlikeliest of sources: a mythical city beneath the waves, an axe from the age of heroes, and the Nameless Dwarf, in whose veins flows the blood of legends. The Nameless Dwarf: The Complete Chronicles contains all five books of the Chronicles of the Nameless Dwarf: The Ant-Man of Malfen The Axe of the Dwarf Lords The Scout and the Serpent The Ebon Staff Bane of the Liche Lord

Download or read book Last of the Exalted written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the best fantasy novels I have read so far this year." Rebecca Ross (Reedsy Discovery) When a bloodthirsty horde storms out of the north, refugees flee for their lives, among them the skald Nyra Sahtis and Sister Caelin, a priestess who was once a trainer of armies. But with the capital, Jeridium, under siege from a second incursion, there is nowhere left to run. As rival armies converge on Jeridium, the Senate are reduced to clutching at straws. In a desperate last gambit, they send the assassin Shadrak the Unseen past enemy lines and into the mountains, where he must find a grief-stricken warrior and his mythical axe. "Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls

Download or read book Annals of the Nameless Dwarf Books 1 6 written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on with total page 1849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sprawling epic of redemption, heroism, and friendship in the face of insurmountable evil and an inexorable fate. "A beautifully written and engrossing masterwork!" (Mitchell Hogan) Fantasy Faction semifinalist for the SPFBO 2018 Child of an unreliable prophecy. Victim of a terrible deception. A soldier once. Then a killer of his own kind. A butcher. The Nameless Dwarf lies entombed beneath the earth, locked in an eternal sleep until the hour of Medryn-Tha's greatest need. With one shot at redemption, he must discover who he really is if he is to prevent the destruction of all the worlds and lead the dwarves to safety. But the deceptions that once cursed him have not been lain to rest. Every victory, every loss presents new dangers, new decisions. And history will remember him as the most cursed among the fallen, Or the greatest hero of legend. (Dungeons and dragons, Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, heroic fantasy, David Gemmell, Michael Moorcock, Gary Gygax, lich lord, undead, assassins guild, portal fantasy, hero quest, cyclops, zombies, witch, magic, sorcery, fantasy battles, myths and legends)

Download or read book Skull of the Lich Lord written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captured by the survivors of his massacre at Arx Gravis, the Nameless Dwarf is sentenced to die. The assassin Ilesa has abandoned him, and so it falls to the ex-rogue Nils and Silas the sorcerer to stage a rescue. But with the Lich Lord’s grimoire obsessing him more and more, Silas suspects he is no longer in control of his own fate. Sick and close to death, he is drawn on by visions of a black staff within a forest of tar. As an ancient trap closes in on the companions, the last of the dwarves are threatened with extinction at the hands of ravenous beasts that live only to feed. And in the background, orchestrating it all, an implacable horror Nameless thought had been destroyed: A skull with crimson eyes that feast on living souls. All that remains of Otto Blightey, the Lich Lord of Verusia.

Download or read book Ravine of Blood and Shadow written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the dwarves of the Ravine City have hidden away from the world above, but their self-imposed exile is about to end. Ravine Guard Carnac Thayn has always felt there was more to life than humdrum patrols and drinking in the local taverns. Told since childhood that the blood of heroes flows through his veins, he can only assume it has been diluted by beer and boredom. But when Carn is called to a murder scene and gives chase to the culprit, his unnatural speed and strength shock him to the core. The murder is no isolated incident. A volume of the city’s chronicles is stolen, only to be secretly returned. Rumblings come from the deep mines, and a troublesome philosopher arrives in a last-ditch attempt to avert the coming catastrophe. As events spiral out of control, Carn finds himself the only thing standing between the dwarves and their doom. He might even prevail if it were a matter of prowess with an axe, but the enemy is more subtle than that, and his weapons are delusion and despair. Blood will flow in rivers through the ravine. A name will be forgotten. A hero will rise. Or a destroyer. “Prior weaves a fully realized world in this rich fantasy.” (Kirkus Reviews) "A beautifully written and engrossing masterwork!" (Mitchell Hogan) Fantasy Faction semifinalist for the SPFBO 2018

Download or read book Tomb of the Witch Queen written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2022-04-03 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls The dwarven civil war might have ended, but the powers behind it still fester.... Snuv Scavage is about as lowborn as a dwarf can get. With no parents and no home, she tends Arnoch’s battle-goats and sleeps in their pen. But there is something special about this dwarf. Something written in her blood. When disturbing reports come in from the city of Jeridium, Snuv is sent to kill the heavily pregnant Skald, Nyra Sahtis, before she can give birth to her unnatural child. But Nyra is watched over by the Church of the Way, whose priests have changed beyond all recognition. And she enjoys the protection of Caelin the Cleaver, the most deadly warrior of her generation. Meanwhile, the wizard Venton Nap has returned to life on Aosia with only one thing on his mind: to bring back his deceased family from the Supernal Realm. Employing a guide from the backwater town of Malfen, Venton picks up on the ill-fated quest that once ended his life, determined to find the fabled lily cats of Rhylion and wrest from them the secret of life. As the ages old war between the Lich Lord of Verusia and the Witch Queen of Tho-Agoth at last comes to a head, plunging Medryn-Tha into a new age of darkness, Snuv is confronted by a dwarf with a plain-looking axe, which he claims is the legendary Paxa Boraga. A dwarf who has done his fair share of fighting, and who knows Snuv better than she knows herself. "A masterpiece of sword and sorcery storytelling. A visceral yet thoughtful epic." (Bookwraiths Reviews)

Download or read book Mountain of Madness written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awakened from an induced year-long slumber, the Nameless Dwarf is tortured with memories of slaughter and must come to terms with who he has become: an outcast, a butcher, the most reviled of dwarven-kind. As forces of unimaginable destruction coalesce around the mountain fortress of a mad sorcerer, the philosopher Aristodeus puts together a team for a last desperate attempt to avert the coming cataclysm: A knight besieged by doubts, who has been prepared since a child for the current crisis, yet is crumbling under the pressure of the task before him; An albino assassin who denies the truth of what he really is; A woman with a black sword as disturbing as the axe responsible for the massacre at Arx Gravis; And a dwarf with no name, who will either carve out the path of his own redemption or condemn the world to a night that will never end.

Download or read book Dead Dwarves Don t Die written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2021-05-29 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the dwarven civil war ended, the Nameless Dwarf lay cold upon the battlefield, his broken axe beside him. But death is not the end in a cosmos ruled by the Supernals, beings of pure sorcery with the power to create worlds. Nameless finds himself aboard a ship bound for the Feasting Hall of Witandos, but disappointment, rather than beer, awaits him, along with a mountain of unpaid penance. For the deeds performed in life have their consequences in the world to come, and an evil has taken root at the heart of the afterlife. An evil that seeks to turn the Supernal Realm into a second Abyss.

Download or read book The Legends of Aeolyne written by B P Baggett and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drecue is a young half-elf that is born without a father at the fall of the New Aeolyne Empire. Raised only by his mother and grandfather, he lived the life of a prince on an entirely different content, Elenora. Coming to the age of the age of thirty, Drecue is betrothed to an human maiden Elyzabeth. Before they could be reaquentated she is kidnapped by a ruthless cult. To protect and prevent a war between his grandfathers kingdom and her father's kingdom over honor. He takes a small band of knights along with his childhood Friend, Melenia. On this path to rescue a maiden he discovers his true destiny. Ivar, of noble blood is forced to escape at the young age of thirteen after seeing the brutal killing of his father. He, his beloved mother and older sister run to the nearby land of Elenora leaving the wrath of Adair behind. Ivar, for ten years devotes his life to the study and work of the sword to be ready for Adair. Then suddenly his mother and what was left of his family is murdered by paid bandits. With this final event, it sends Ivar on a much darker path then wanted in search for restitution for the wrongs that were done to him. Later Ivar meets up with the half-elf, Drecue and Melenia his companion. Now Ivar and his newly found friend a dark elf name Effie. Enter into a lose and brief alliance to get Elyzabeth safely home. The book is filled with races such as, Minotaur's, satyrs, trolls, immortals, and barbaric humans. This novel will put a strain on all the lives involved with the main characters. Near the end of the novel likely enemies will be forced to fight together to achieve personal goals.

Download or read book The Axe of the Dwarf Lords written by D. P. Prior and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original Nameless Dwarf novella (now featured in the new omnibus Revenge of the Lich, Legends of the Nameless Dwarf book 3) The Axe of the Dwarf Lords is offered as a FREE sample of the highly acclaimed series of four full-length novels, Legends of the Nameless Dwarf:1. Carnifex: A Portent of Blood"Prior weaves a fully realized world in this rich fantasy, from history, political structure, and family life to work, food, drinking (lots of drinking), and romance." -- Kirkus Reviews"Carnifex is a masterpiece of sword and sorcery storytelling. A visceral yet thoughtful epic." -- Bookwraiths Reviews"Gritty, tense, and brutally tragic. High quality storytelling with great characters and a relentless plot." -- Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls and Aurealis Award winner."...by the end I did care about those people--all of them, including Carnifex, were flawed but fundamentally decent people. But I had read The Nameless Dwarf, and I knew what was coming, and how it all ends. That knowledge made the book both hard to continue reading and hard to put down." -- Black Gate Magazine"And holy shit... the battle scenes. THE BATTLE SCENES!!! People don't actually realise how hard it is to write a good battle scene, but Prior makes it look easy. They are gripping, violent, and brilliantly choreographed." -- Smash Dragons"A Fantasy Adventure of remarkable scope, populated by many memorable characters. Maybe D. P. Prior's finest work to date." -- Ray Nicholson (Amazon Top 1000 reviewer)"Whenever I have high praise for a book, I usually like to find at least one aspect of the writing to challenge, but this one's got me stumped. I guess I could complain that it ended all too soon, but then there are three other volumes to enjoy..." -- Laurence Scotford"It's not often I'm left speechless but this was one of those times. WOW!!" -- Ebookwyrm"5 Stars is easily earned here and I'm sure it will not be long before we see this, the most unique of dwarves on the big screen! This year is indeed the year of the dwarf!!" -- Scott Morrison2. Geas of the Black Axe3. Revenge of the Lich4. Return of the Dwarf LordsNils wishes he'd never taken the job to escort a dwarf with no name on a madcap quest for redemption. Ilesa reckons she should have asked for a bigger bounty, and Silas is beginning to think the grimoire he stole from the Academy has a sinister will of its own.Nameless, on the other hand, is having the time of his life. After all, what more could a dwarf want than a horde of undead to splatter with his axe, a shape-shifting woman who does dwarf especially well, and a wizard who can produce ale out of thin air?But his ever fragile mood takes a turn for the worse when he discovers a terrible secret at the bottom of the sea--an unstoppable horror that destroyed an entire race, and a mythical axe that brings back the darkest of memories from his recent past.

Download or read book The Game of the North Ludum Praecepta written by Jeremiah Methuseleh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Public Domain meets the Old School Renaissance in a game for creators & storytellers. The Game of the North balances the theatricality of the table experience with the strategy of a wargame & the unbounded infinity of an art project. Specially formulated for players and referees who like to make their sessions special, their settings unique & their stories sublime the Game of the North has been conceived from top to bottom as a game for creatives, makers, artists & storytellers.

Download or read book Land of Nightmare written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alone, bereft, and unable to forgive himself for the slaughter at the ravine, the Nameless Dwarf swears to do one last thing, even if it kills him: With Nils Fargin, the son of a Jeridium guild lord as his guide, Nameless pursues the survivors among the dwarves, hoping to convince them that the curse of the Black Axe has been lifted from him and they are safe to return home. The trail leads to the town of Malfen—a nest of cutthroats and the gateway to Cerreth, the Land of Nightmare, which would be suicide for the dwarves to enter. Nameless and Nils join forces with a shapeshifting assassin and a sorcerer under the sway of a dubious magical grimoire for the hazardous journey into Cerreth. It soon becomes apparent their new companions have agendas of their own. With threats from within and horror on every side, Nameless knows that time is running out for his people. The only surprise is that they have lasted so long. But new hope awaits him in a city beneath the waves—if he can first survive the unstoppable evil that destroyed the dwarf lords of old.

Download or read book The Fellowship of the Ring written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Fellowship of the Ring' is the first part of JRR Tolkien's epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This 50th anniversary edition features special packaging and includes the definitive edition of the text.|PB

Download or read book Invetia written by John Greasby and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-04-13 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of Invetia stood on the precipice of war. The Sario were mysteriously dying and few now remain. They carry the last chance of salvation for the land of Invetia and should they fail, then there would be nothing left to hold back the return of an ancient evil that had stood waiting in the shadows of history. Sam Meridith's world, by contrast, was mundane. Working in a Solicitor's office for the past three years had managed to almost eradicate any dreams of the life of wonder and excitement that he had once envisaged. The world now found him alone. His Mother had passed away just a few months ago and he had never known his Father. He had few friends, in fact he had just one, Anna. Unbeknownst to Sam, his world was about to change as the sudden appearance of the last remaining Sario, Ruern, brought news of a perilous journey that his destiny demanded that he undertook.

Download or read book Gate of Evil written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a dwarf girl sleepwalks from her home in Arnoch and wanders barefoot into the Farfall Mountains, foul play is suspected. Reports come in of similar abductions all over Medryn-Tha, and the culprit is believed to be a bane of the Abyss, a monster known as the Lurker. Not wishing to place any more of his people at risk, Arnoch's king, the Nameless Dwarf, insists on going after the missing girl by himself. It is a decision he will live to regret... if he's lucky.