Here begins the epic saga of the Nameless Dwarf™The dwarves of the Ravine City have hidden away from the world above for centuries, 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. His pa says the blood of heroes flows through his veins, but it must have been diluted by beer.When Carn is called to a murder scene and pursues the assass...

"I was hooked right from the first chapter..." -- Ray Nicholson"... an engaging story that creates questions you'll be dying to know the answers to." -- Jared J."Witty, well paced and intelligent when it needs to be, I'm looking forward to reading more." -- Craig Whitby"For a novella to inspire a need for more, in me, is quite a surprise. I am off to acquire the whole series!" -- James J. Hughes...

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 2018Child 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 eter...

The original Nameless Dwarf story and your FREE gateway into the Annals of the Nameless Dwarf 10-book series.Unable to forgive himself for the massacre of thousands of his own kind under the influence of a cursed black axe, 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 surviving dwarves from the ravine cit...

Tey Moonshine's scarred flesh holds the secret of ancient magic, which threatens the charlatan wizards who govern Sorcerers' Isle.Injured in a freak accident, Tey Moonshine is good for only one thing: an apprenticeship as a clan sorcerer. But under the scrutiny of her new master, she can no longer keep her secret concealed. For years now, guided by a demon that lurks within, Tey has cut magical symbols into her flesh. As her training begins and her powers awaken, d...

It was the place they stored the junk no one wanted anymore: discarded toys, baby clothes, and ancient secrets from forgotten generations.But when contagion turns Wesley Harding’s world insane, and horror enters his home, the attic is the last place left to hide.At nine years old, he finds himself alone in the dark, amid heaped-up piles of the familiar and the unknown.Gunshots and howls punctuate the thunderstorm outside. Crashes and groans come from below.T...

"Shader is a triumph of fantasy!" (Journal of Always)"Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." (Mitchell Hogan)When a powerful artifact is stolen from the Abbey of Pardes, the holy knight Deacon Shader is sent to retrieve it.But events have already spiraled out of control: plague spreads across the land, the dead rise from ...

The assassin Shadrak the Unseen is down on his luck.He’d have to be to take a job from a wizard.To make matters worse, the ring he’s commissioned to procure is stolen by an invisible thief, whose footprints lead to the city of New Londdyr—where Shadrak is still wanted for an ages-old crime.Soon enough, he learns that rival wizards will do anything to possess the ring, despite the sinister rumors that surround its creation.

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 2018Contains Annals of the Nameless Dwarf Books 1-3:1. Ravine of Blood and Shadow2. Mountain of Madness3. Curse of the Black AxeChild of an...

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 2018Contains Annals of the Nameless Dwarf Books 4-6:4: Land of Nightmare5: Skull of the Lich Lord6: Fate of the Dwarf LordsChild of an unre...

The Nameless Dwarf awakens from a year-long slumber, tortured by memories of slaughter. He has become an outcast, a butcher, the most reviled of dwarven kind.Meanwhile, forces of unimaginable destruction coalesce around the mountain fortress of a mad sorcerer, and the philosopher Aristodeus assembles a team of four unlikely heroes for a last desperate attempt to avert the destruction of all things:A pious knight with a wavering faith;An assassin wit...

The Nameless Dwarf is condemned to always wear a great helm forged from ocras, the mythical ore of the underworld. Without it, he would fall prey to the power of the Black Axe and once more become the Ravine Butcher.After a year of fighting in other people’s wars, Nameless receives a visit from a faen, one of the underworld tricksters, who tells him the day he has long waited for has arrived. The philosopher Aristodeus has devised a plan to destroy the Black Axe an...