Trygor is a land in peace. It has been this way for centuries after the Dark Children were entombed in their prison. Only now is the peace threatened. The five crystals needed to release the trapped terrors have been replicated and now all that is needed is the Staff of Xandra to complete the key that will unleash the evil once again.The Changelings, an ancient race of immortal beings, hold the Staff and the man who is destined to try to stop the Dark Children lives amongst them. H...

A vigilante or a new weapon in ScotlandYards war on crime?A string of murders being investigatedby Scotland Yard have an odd thing incommon. Neither of the murderers couldremember killing their victim. Theinvestigation is being led by InspectorAngela Breen who, running out of options,resorts to calling in secret consultant,Phil Jennings. With the ability to seeinto peoples minds, Phil's unorthodoxpsychic methods ...

Kaleb and his companions recover from their wounds suffered during their recent battle against the latest of the Dark Children's puppets. Their next destination is the frozen region known as the Ice Lands of Dooler.Langards failure to retrieve the Staff from Kaleb leaves him deflated and his plan to resurrect the Dark Children himself is in tatters until a whimsical remark provides him with another solution. Once again he requires the help of the hag Marindol, but that is a small p...

Francor, the creation of the Dark Children, is on the march with his army raised from the dead. His destination? The second crystal that Kaleb and Shen seek. It is hidden deep within the Forests of Koreen, a forest that feeds off of pure evil from the living, and the monster carries the only other thing that can release it.The race is on to retrieve the crystal to help prevent the raising of the Dark Children.

The Staff of Xandra has been captured by the Ogres and the future of Trygor looks set to be dominated by the Dark Children. Shen calls on a familiar creature to help them, but ultimately their success depends on Kaleb's connection to the Staff and his mental strength. Meanwhile, the Ogres are close to extracting the Okrin and time is running out for the group. If Kaleb fails to rise to the challenge, Trygor's fate will be sealed.

Pain, suffering and discreet assassinations. No government or rich businessmen can be seen to be involved in such illegal and immoral activities. Rennold Walker and his men have no such concerns and have been successful in offering these services for the last ten years. So much so that their reputation warranted a personal request for their latest job. Island of the Hunted sees Rennold Walker’s group lured to an island as a reward for a job completed. The island promises pl...

Georgie Coxton is a nurse living in London.  She finds herself in a rut.  A recent split with her boyfriend, work getting her down and a lousy coffee machine at the hospital all push her to want to do something different with her life.  After finding a briefcase with a blackmail note in left by one of her patients that had died, she decides to do some investigating to find out more about her patient and the blackmail note. Her investigating leads her into a world o...

This book contains the first three chapters of Island of the Hunted, the first book in the Assassins of Fortune series, turned into a short story.Pain, suffering and discreet assassinations. No government or rich businessmen can be seen to be involved in such illegal and immoral activities. This short story introduces the reader to Rennold Walker and his men who provide such services.

The legendary hero Allanon takes center stage in the first of three gripping new stand-alone eBook short stories set in the world of the fantasy-fiction phenomenon that is Shannara—by beloved New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks.The history is thus: The once-Druid Brona, seduced by his pursuit of dark magic, was forever transformed into the Warlock Lord—whose evil would be the downfall of the Four Lands and the death of the Races. Against him, th...

With this new supplement for Frostgrave, players can lead their warbands into the vast network of catacombs, sewers, and dungeons that run underneath the Frozen City. It was in these dark confines that the ancient wizards known as Beastcrafters experimented on living creatures, creating strange hybrids and deadly monsters, many of which still roam the forgotten passageways. Along with a host of new scenarios, treasures, soldiers, and creatures, the book also contains rules for the traps an...

"The King of High Adventure," Starlog."Immediately convincing, classically brooding," Steve Tompkins, The Cimmerian.com.To the world at large, he is a mercenary and assassin, a brutal killer with a deadly blade. In reality Kormak is a Guardian, one of an ancient order sworn to protect humanity from the servants of the gathering darkness.Grimhaven holds a fatal secret as any visitor discovers too late. On a dark autumn evening, as th...

Sent by the spy master of Neverwinter to investigate a group of rebels, Rucas Sarfael finds a worthy adversary in the beautiful fencing master Elyne. Matching wits and blades with the rebel leader, Rucas strives to prove himself and rise in the rebel ranks in part 1 of this four-part novella set in the renowned city of Neverwinter.