The Empire teeters on the brink of collapse. A hedonistic teen assumes the throne under false pretenses while a slave rebellion erupts in the north. The southern King of Kings, sensing weakness, sets his eyes on his vulnerable foe.In the midst of the growing tumult, a young man from the Empire's hinterlands grudgingly heads to Imperial City. There, Claudio-Valens sees firsthand the weak, treasonous Imperial Council that aids foreign enemies, and finds himself at the center of the f...

Enchanted Forest: A New Short Story SeriesIn the Kalamar Forest, the line between the material world and the Otherworld is thin. Here, will o' wisps draw unwary travelers into quicksand; the lupine Firvalg hunt in packs; giant spiders trap victims in sticky webs; and the vicious Mandragora coils through the western swamps in her never-ending search for food.One warrior stands against the forces of darkness and decay, and the encroaching human threat: Pirosh...

In ancient times, the dark god Kronos crafted weapons of war in his fiery lair. His worship has long been eradicated, his followers driven into hiding... and yet he remains...Creatures of shadow are crawling through the land of Eloesus... they seek one man above all else: Theron, upstanding citizen, master swordsman, and veteran of many wars. As he flees, doom is falling over the land: clouds of fire hover over the ancient city of Thenai and infernal names not spoken in thousands of...

The city of Pythia has long ruled over the kingdoms of the earth and the people called the Danaans. But for days, a storm has swirled above its skies, and rumor has spread of an act of horror committed in its temple.Cleon, a rebel slave, finds himself at the center of the ESCHATON, the end if not of the world then of the nation.

Julia, the emperor's daughter, has now been missing for many months.But as the Red Hand cult takes root across Imperial City, more dangers arise and new threats present themselves. Publius Corvus, soldier of the Empire, can only linger a little while until he marches north to fight Eioli.War, death, and troubles mount, but still whispers linger and rumors endure... amid the conflict and a calm before the storm, the streets of Imperial City echo with talk of the Red Dawn...

For centuries, the bright, sunny Kalamar Forest and the dark, dismal swamps to its west have lived in relative peace.But as Pirosha, King of Kalamar, approaches his nineteenth year, trouble consumes his realm. Vanishings and rebellions are reported. Word of ravenous wolves reaches his ear. And rumors begin to spread that he is not sovereign, that there is another claimant to the throne, that the true king of both the forest and the swamp is about to reveal himself. His name is Milkw...

Pirosha, King of Kalamar, now married, is at the height of his life, and his kingdom at the height of its prosperity, when a visitor comes to town. Her name? Unknown. Her demand? His firstborn son. A long-made covenant has now come due.Volume 5 of Enchanted Forest.

An admission to the Wizards Council sets in motion a race against time and against mysterious enemies, including the Dark One himself. This prequel novella gives context to the months leading up to events of The Dark One's Hand and features major characters such as Gastreel and Fortunato.The Last Shadow Epic is a complete nine-book fantasy series available in ebook and paperback editions. The Dark One's Hand is also available in audiobook format.

The tenuous alliance between the cities of Eloesus evaporates. With the nation divided into the Thenoan and Kersican Leagues, war has become inevitable.Out of the division, a new foe arises: the one called the Dark Captain. The Kersican League considers him the greatest of assets, but no one truly knows him or what lies beneath the surface.

The Demiurge's legacy of evil has been largely forgotten; the memory of his reign of terror, practically vanished.Yet Gaia—having bridged the gap between her world and his—ushers him once again into the world of the living.As Eloesus slips into total war, the hero Theron hides away in a secluded mountain. Under the guidance of the centaur Aigon, he flees danger, even as the Demiurge's shadow falls across the land.

The doors to the Temple of Amara are sealed shut, leaving citizens of Thenai to wonder what lies inside. Abroad, the war effort flags and in the city itself, unrest has begun to spread.In the middle of it all, the amazon Khloe attempts desperately to find a missing child and begins to suspect it has something to do with the temple's transformation.Far away, the hero Geon has almost completed his angelic metamorphosis. As his power grows, he swears an oath to restore Amara's p...

When Lorkdan, a foreign mercenary, arrives at a lonely inn down a dark road, he hopes for nothing more than a bed to rest his head and a meal to fill his stomach. But things are not well in the county called Valle, nor the kingdom at large; and as the hours progress, he finds himself thrust into a journey that will change him, and the world he knows, forever. This novelette includes a map and an illustrated glossary entry.