Dark Sun

Dark Sun
Author: Richard Rhodes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2012-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 143912647X

Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years.

The Verdant Passage

The Verdant Passage
Author: Troy Denning
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786961023

Return to the apocalyptic deserts of the Dark Sun world as unlikely heroes spark a revolution against an evil sorcerer-king For thousands of years, the devil sorcerer King Kalak has used vile magic to drain Athas of its precious life-force. Now, his reign is coming to an end—though the city of Tyr, like the rest of the world, is nothing more than a magic-blasted ruin and a desolate place of dust, blood, and fear. All that’s left is desperation—and revolution. Leading this revolution against Kalak are a maverick statesman, a winsome half-elf slave girl, and a man-dwarf gladiator bred for the arenas. But if the people are to be freed, the mismatched trio of steadfast rebels must look into the face of terror and choose between love and life. First introduced in 1991, Troy Denning’s post-apocalyptic world of Athas remains one of the most talked-about and fan-requested settings in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. Now, a new generation of readers can discover the magic-blasted deserts of the unforgettable Dark Sun . . .

Dark Sun Campaign Setting

Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Author: Richard Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780786954933

Aimed at players and Dungeon Masters, this game supplement explores the heroes and wonders of Athas--a savage desert world abandoned by the gods and ruled by terrible sorcerer-kings.

Death Mark

Death Mark
Author: Robert J. Schwalb
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786959401

In the aftermath of revolution, King Kalak of Tyr is dead and all eyes fall on the lucrative iron mines of his once mighty city-state. Merchant houses scramble to seize what scraps they can while King Hamanu of Urik, the Lion of the Desert, rallies his armies to crush the Tyr rebellion underfoot. He cannot allow this insurrection to succeed and intends to seize the city’s precious resources for himself. The hope of the Tyr revolution seems destined to fail as the tyrannical specter of Hamanu’s war machine looms large on the horizon. But fate chooses the most unlikely heroes. Loren, a gladiator pressed into service by a corrupt merchant prince; the ambitious Alaeda Stel who hopes to secure her family’s future by exploiting Tyr’s sudden weakness; a street thief named Melech; and Korvak the disgraced templar are Tyr’s best and only hope. The promise of freedom rests on their ability to overcome the greed and lust for power that threatens to undermine the principles of Tyr’s revolution.

Dark Sun

Dark Sun
Author: Erika Grundmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2004
Genre: Pacific Ocean
ISBN: 9780908990931

Under the Crimson Sun

Under the Crimson Sun
Author: Keith R.A. DeCandido
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786959185

Tharizdun, the Chanied God, has released the Voidharrow--a liquid crystal imbued with his will and all the chaos of the Abyss--into the universe, and with it comes a transformative engine of pestilence. When exposed to the Voidharrow, individuals look as though they've been stricken by disease as the Abyssal liquid twists and deforms them into chaotic demonlike creatures. Behold the Abyssal Plague! When a trading caravan manned by grafters and con men comes across a dead man in the desert they open the door to an Abyssal realm long since destroyed. As the Voidharrow takes hold of one of their companions, he begins to morph into a beast like none they have ever seen. When the stakes are raised in an attempt to defraud some of the more unsavory rulers of this cruel world, the Voidharrow comes to play a role in a move that could transform our heroes forever.

Cinnabar Shadows

Cinnabar Shadows
Author: Lynn Abbey
Publisher: TSR
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1995
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9780786901814

Escaping a life of slavery by hiding beneath the city among other outcasts, Maribe of the "New Race" is forced to accept a contract from King Hamanu to search for the alchemist Kakaim, whose views threaten the stability of Urik. Original. 75,000 first printing.

Dark Sun

Dark Sun
Author: Richard Rhodes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1996-08-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0684824140

Tells the story of the making of the H-bomb and reveals how it created a nuclear stalemate that lasted forty years.

Lord of the Dark Sun

Lord of the Dark Sun
Author: Stobie Piel
Publisher: Love Spell
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780505525055

Her ship disabled, Ariana is taken captive after braving the outskirts of space containing the uncontrolled areas beyond her father's rule. Now in chains, she's transported to a planet and made a slave. Among the other male slaves, tall, muscular, and ruled by animal instinct, one rises above the others. Ariana sees nobility in him--he is a prince in a barbarian's body, one who can teach her how to survive and to be wild. Original.