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| Author | : Fred Saberhagen |
| Publisher | : JSS Literary Productions, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2020-02-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0979625718 |
Vulcan the god has a hard task to perform for his bored and restless colleagues — forge 12 magic Swords, quenched with human blood, and scatter them across the world. Each Sword possesses a different power. With them the gods will play a new, grand, and glorious Game. Mere humans foolishly striving for dominion, wealth and glory, are invited to risk their puny lives by joining in. (Later, the gods realize with horror that something has gone wrong in the forging, and with the Game. The Swords are much too powerful, controlling chance, enhancing fortune, changing destiny. And lethal even to their divine creators.) Jord the Smith, drafted to help Vulcan in his task, loses his right arm in the process (receiving the Sword Townsaver as pay). He is too weak to claim Mala, his bride-to-be, who joins a traditional fertility rite, where her partner might be the enigmatic Emperor, his face hidden by a leather mask. Nine months later, she gives birth to Mark. Thirteen years pass, then Townsaver wipes out a raiding party on orange-furred warbeasts, sent to Mark’s village. It falls to Mark to carry the blade away to hide or destroy it.
| Author | : Ian C. Esslemont |
| Publisher | : Tor Books |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2019-04-02 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 076537949X |
The conclusion to Ian C. Esslemont's epic fantasy Path to Ascendancy trilogy--a prequel story set in the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire series--co-created by Steven Erikson. The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages. So engrossed are the warring lords and princes in their own petty feuds that few notice that an upstart mage from Dal Hon has gained control of the southern seas. Kellanved could not care less about any of this petty politicking or strategy or war. Something other and altogether more mysterious has caught his attention and he - together with a reluctant and his decidedly skeptical friend Dancer - traverse continents and journey through the Realms. But this ancient mystery that has so captivated Kellanved is neither esoteric nor ephemeral. It involves the Elder races themselves, and more alarmingly, the semi-mythic Army of Dust and Bone. Surely no one in their right mind would be so foolish as to embark on a journey from which none have returned? Well, no one except Kellanved. Path to Ascendancy #1 Dancer's Lament #2 Deadhouse Landing #3 Kellanved's Reach
| Author | : Fred Saberhagen |
| Publisher | : JSS Literary Productions, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2020-02-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0979625742 |
The third and final novel in 'The Book of Swords' trilogy. More stories of the twelve Swords continue with The Lost Swords series. The gods, the creators of the twelve Swords, realize their error in giving powerful Swords to humans. The humans, both good and evil, are ready to fight to the death to acquire and retain the Swords. With the Swords, new ideas and new dreams have entered the world. A change is taking place that threats the gods' very existence.
| Author | : Michael J. Sullivan |
| Publisher | : Del Rey |
| Total Pages | : 436 |
| Release | : 2017-07-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101965371 |
The gods have been proven mortal and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth—from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series. In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss. Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies from without—and bitter rivalries from within. Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long-standing enmities dividing the Rhunes make it all but impossible to unite against the common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess renders them indistinguishable from gods? The answer lies across the sea in a faraway land populated by a reclusive and dour race who feel nothing but disdain for both Fhrey and mankind. With time running out, Persephone leads the gifted young seer Suri, the Fhrey sorceress Arion, and a small band of misfits in a desperate search for aid—a quest that will take them into the darkest depths of Elan. There, an ancient adversary waits, as fearsome as it is deadly. Magic, fantasy, and mythology collide in Michael J. Sullivan’s Legends of the First Empire series: AGE OF MYTH • AGE OF SWORDS • AGE OF WAR
| Author | : Lisa Deutscher |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 1783274271 |
A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.
| Author | : Fred Saberhagen |
| Publisher | : JSS Literary Productions, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2020-02-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0979625734 |
Mark and Ben travel deep into the Blue Temple's hidden horde in an attempt to recover whatever gold and Swords they can for the forces of Sir Andrew. Gods, demons and human traitors have other plans for the Swords and for the adventurers. In the game of the gods, no one’s survival is secure, even a god’s.
| Author | : Sir Richard Francis Burton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 1884 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Fred Saberhagen |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 612 |
| Release | : 1999-01-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780312869168 |
Saberhagen's original trilogy is now collected for the first time in one volume. The gods have given the world 12 Swords of Power so that they might be amused as the nations battle for their possession. But they didn't know that Vulcan gave the Swords the power to kill the gods themselves.
| Author | : Alan Williams |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2012-05-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004229337 |
The sword was the most important of weapons, the symbol of the warrior, not to mention the badge of a officer and a gentleman. Much has been written about the artistic and historical significance of the sword, but outside specialised publications, relatively little about its metallurgy, and that often confined to a particular group. This book aims to tell the story of the making of iron and steel swords from the first Celtic examples through the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords by the author and other archaeometallurgists are given and explained in terms of the materials available in Europe.
| Author | : Ewart Oakeshott |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780851155661 |
An extensive and thorough study of the origins, development and usage of the glamorous two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, with a complete typology. Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, this book presents a selection from a very large body of photographs and research and gives a full and detailed record of the swords of that turbulent time.
