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...

"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 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...

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...

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...

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...

For centuries, no one had heard a peep out of Verusia, the dark stain at the heart of the Templum’s empire.But when a messenger arrives in the Holy City of Aeterna, bearing news that the fortresses along the border have mysteriously been abandoned, and the three-hundred men of Trajinot’s garrison have been impaled outside the city walls, word is, the Lich Lord is on the move again.As an army of the dead waits within the shadow-black trees of the Schwarzwald, the Templum gat...

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...

"One of the best fantasy novels I have read so far this year."Rebecca Ross (Reedsy Discovery)When a bloodthirsty horde storms out of the north, refugees flee for their lives, among them the skald Nyra Sahtis and Sister Caelin, a priestess who was once a trainer of armies.But with the capital, Jeridium, under siege from a second incursion, there is nowhere left to run.As rival armies converge on Jeridium, the Senate are reduced to cl...

The Nameless Dwarf begins a new chapter of his life in the up-and-coming town of Brink, now that he has worked out his penance and resettled his people in Arnoch, their ancestral citadel.He has everything a dwarf could possibly wish for—a gym, a beer hall, and a bawdy house across the road. But then a blood-stained dwarf staggers into town with a message of doom:Arnoch has sunk beneath the waves, its last line of defense against the attack of a five-headed ...

The Nameless Dwarf hires the rogue Nils Fargin to track the survivors of Arx Gravis, so he can tell the dwarves the curse of the Black Axe has been lifted and they are safe to return home.The trail leads to the brigand town of Malfen, the gateway to Cerreth, the Land of Nightmare.Nameless and Nils join forces with a shapeshifting assassin and a sorcerer under the sway of a dubious magical grimoire for the hazardous journey ahead.Time is running out ...