After a thousand years of secret conflict, the Neverwar - the war that never was - is finally over. The Star King and his forces have fallen. The New Order reigns supreme.Loyal to the bitter end, a defeated House Brightmorning is forced into exile on the remote moon of Gale, where the winds never stop howling.You play the role of Rooster Quinn, bored blademaster to the House Brightmorning in their exile. As blademaster and House Guard, your job is to prote...

An aging assassin and his apprentice are given orders that drag them into a deadly conflict in this steampunk adventure series debut."Completely absorbing. Once I was into it, I just couldn't put it down." —Glen Cook, author of the Black Company novelsThe Heart of the World is a land in strife. For fifty years the Holy Empire of Mann, an empire and religion born from a nihilistic urban cult, has been conquering nation after nation. Their le...

After a thousand years of secret conflict, the Neverwar - the war that never was - is finally over. The Star King and his forces have fallen. The New Order reigns supreme.Loyal to the bitter end, a defeated House Brightmorning is forced into exile on the remote moon of Gale, where the winds never stop howling.You play the role of Rooster Quinn, bored blademaster to the House Brightmorning in their exile. As blademaster and House Guard, your job is to protect the Lord Bright...

After a thousand years of secret conflict, the Neverwar - the war that never was - is finally over. The Star King and his forces have fallen. The New Order reigns supreme.Loyal to the bitter end, a defeated House Brightmorning is forced into exile on the remote moon of Gale, where the winds never stop howling.You play the role of Rooster Quinn, bored blademaster to the House Brightmorning in their exile. As blademaster and House Guard, your job is to protect the Lord Bright...

As the empire of Mann threatens the world with enslavement, only a single island nation continues to stand in its way - the Free Ports of the democras. For ten years they have held their own, but now the empire draws its noose even tighter over them.Rallying to its defence are those from the secretive network known as the Few, including the cripple and troubleshooter Coya Zeziké. Coya has hopes of enlisting the forest contrarè in the aid of the besieged city of Bar-Khos. Wi...

A time of reckoning has begun.For ten years the Free Ports held their own against the despotic empire of Mann - but the empire is now poised to destroy them. The crucial fortress city of Bar-Khos is under attack and its freedom depends on a few unsteady hands.Betrayal could come from any side, at any moment. While chaos reigns, Nico will search for his captive mother and attempt to defend his people. And Shard the Dreamer will hunt for legendary charts, which could yet save...

The Heart of the World series is an epic adventure that, through the lens of its vibrant and unique world and engaging characters, asks intriguing questions and illuminates the humanity at the core of both hero and villain. Stands a Shadow is the second book in the series.In Farlander, the first book of the Heart of the World series, readers met Ash, an aging master assassin of the famed order of Roshun, and his apprentice Nico, a boy who always ma...

"Welcome to the Neverwar, or what's left of it...A bitter conflict that lasted for 3000 years, and ended in a single day.The good guys lost.Now the Halos star system has fallen into an age of darkness and delusion, where God Kings enslave populations in waves of mind-control while they devour the planets alive and sacrifice millions to their secret masters behind it all, The Eaters of the Light.But some still stand against the rise of the New Order. Indeed t...

"Welcome to the Neverwar, or what's left of it...A bitter conflict that lasted for 3000 years, and ended in a single day.The good guys lost.Now the Halos star system has fallen into an age of darkness and delusion, where God Kings enslave populations in waves of mind-control while they devour the planets alive and sacrifice millions to their secret masters behind it all, The Eaters of the Light.But some still stand against the rise of the New Order. Indeed t...