Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780312854140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Stories by various writers, including Walter Jon Williams, Robert E. Vardeman, and Michael A. Stackpole, are set in the editor's "Lost Swords" universe, ruled by the Twelve Swords of Power
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812522839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Saberhagen has brought together some of the best fantasy writers in the field to create their own stories within the universe of his Lost Swords series. This book features works by Walter Jon Williams, Sage Walker, and a new tale by the master himself--Fred Saberhagen's "Blind Man's Blade"--reveals how the Swords were originally thrust into the human realm.
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: JSS Literary Productions, LLC
ISBN: 0979625718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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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: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: JSS Literary Productions, LLC
ISBN: 0979625742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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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: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: JSS Literary Productions, LLC
ISBN: 1937422054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Vilkata, the Dark King, returns from exile seeking revenge. His goal: the Tasavalta vault where Prince Mark has stored the remaining Swords. With possession of Shieldbreaker, Vilkata aims to destroy all other Swords and to rule the world and perhaps beyond. Only Mark’s young son Stephen is on hand to oppose the Dark King. He must get word to his father and grandfather. Swords clash and are destroyed. Only one Sword will survive.
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765350596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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A new generation confronts the ages-old battle between magic and technology in this new chapter of Saberhagen's Empire of the East.
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: GuildAmerica Books
ISBN: 9781568651002
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Contains: book 7 and final book of the lost swords series - Wayfinders story; Shieldfinders story.
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Best-selling author Fred Saberhagen created three popular series: his Berserker stories and novels telling of the endless war of humans and their alien allies against the Berserkers, gigantic robot battleships programmed by an unknown extinct race to destroy all life in the galaxy; his high fantasy Lost Swords series; and his Dracula series, the first novels to tell a story from the vampire's point of view. In a book that will be irresistible for the thousands of Saberhagen fans, all three series are represented here, as well as gems from his other series, including his first-published story and his last-written story, marking the endpoints of a remarkable writer's remarkable career that spanned more than four decades. As Joan Spicci Saberhagen writes in her foreword, "Even Fred's most ardent fans will have a fresh look at his talents. Whatever the setting, Fred's stories provide fast moving action and a thought provoking theme." At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author: Jim Pavelic
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440319855
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Four top gaming artists share their secrets for creating fantasy battle scenes complete with warriors, a fearsome armory of weaponry and a cast of monstrous creatures that wreak havoc! Read this book and enter a realm where human warriors coexist with giants, monsters and many other mythical creatures both mundane and magical, all battling for survival. Four artists who have dared to venture this way before (and won reputations as masters of fantasy illustration) are here to lead you through this wicked world, sharing their fiercest techniques for creating your vilest imaginings. Take up your pen and brush, and follow through 15 step-by-step character demos as well as 39 mini-demos on rendering fearsome armor, swords and other weaponry. Here's what lies ahead: • Archetypal Humanoids. Quite an unusual group, containing such diverse beings as humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and brutish, foul-smelling orcs. • Exotic Humanoids. Two arms, two legs and a head... the rest is all up to you. Begin your imaginings here with Medusa, Creagal, hateful Lich, nasty trolls and bitter Iraxus. • Creatures. Dragons, gargoyles, ogres, Venusians and Minotaurs . . . embodiments of pure evil found only in the darkest places. • Environments. 5 full-spread scenes, from tense to tranquil, feature the native habitats of popular fantasy warriors. To make your battle scenes believable, this book will arm you with a thorough understanding of line, color, lighting and composition. Then venture forth, if you dare, with strong shapes, fluid lines and an unhinged imagination. Let havoc ensue!
Author: R. Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486292885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Book Description
British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.
