Vasilis Petrovic

eBook, ePUB

The Horde (The Cyclopean Castles, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

"It is the Age of Thunder, an age of conflict between humanity and the spawn of the Dark Gods. Ixiak, the Bloody Hand, is a darkmage of depthless hatred and relentless in the pursuit of his ambition - to bring ruin upon human lands.

It is for darkspawn like him that the twin cyclopean castles were built on both sides of the Stonewall mountains. They stand as colossal sentinels of stone over the lands of men and they have withstood the darkness for centuries. The Masters of these castles are Diomedes Melas and Aratheor Bladefallen and they are ever ready to face the hordes of their enemies with bronze, with steel and with courage.

The Masters believe that the cyclopean castles will stand forever but Ixiak intends to make even the stones bleed. His magic is born of primordial rage and empty darkness and he will not accept defeat. Can the cyclopean castles endure the crushing grip of the Bloody Hand? Will the Masters stand or fall before the Horde?"

This is an epic fantasy novel close to ninety thousand words long, set in the Age of Thunder. It immerses the reader into the lives and the trials of the dorian peoples as the first millennium of the age comes to a close. This book is the first part of the Castle Porphyron story arc which is comprised of three books and it also launches the Cyclopean Castles series. Those willing to embark on an epic journey have but to open the book and turn the page.

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Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

I was a boy in the '80s and a young man in the '90s and I wouldn't change that unless I could live in the Hyborian Age, I'd make that change in an instant. I grew up with European and American comics, science-fiction and fantasy books and the best music and movies that mankind has produced in its history. I was reading Marvel's Conan comics since grade school and discovered AD&D just on the edge from adolescence to manhood.

Since then, my hobbies have accompanied me down the difficult and winding road of life. I wanted to write stories since I was eighteen or so and in fact I've written loads of stories that people have enjoyed in a role-playing setting. At some point I decided to do this thing that I've always wanted to do and write a true novel. It would annoy me to no end to die before writing at least one fantasy story.

So, I began writing a story. It began modestly, with the desire to write one single book tentatively entitled 'The Castle' but it grew quickly and it will be finished after about nine books. Now it's called 'The Cyclopean Castles' (bigger story, more and bigger castles). On the way, the stories branched out and I began a second series, 'The Blades of Dawn.'

I have prayed to Crom for success but he is an uncaring god and he sits alone on his mountain, laughing down at me so to Hell with him! I'll consider it a success if I finish my stories and I have my books sitting on a bookshelf, keeping company to the likes of Howard, Moorcock, Gemmel and many other beloved fantasy authors. That's all you need to know about me, now go and read one of my books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vasilis Petrovic
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786188362406
• Artikelnr.: 51391475