With all of this talk of cover art, I thought I would mention the books that I have written. These are all available on Amazon.com. Click the cover image and you will be taken to the product page. For those who love a great fantasy tale, I give you:
In the Shadow of the Black Sun
Book One:
A Dream of Storms
Twelve years ago,
The Battle of the Black Sun had left
Hagan scarred
inside. The scent of blood and the incessant ring of steel were etched
in his mind. Though his sword had turned the tides, he had sworn off war
and become a recluse, retiring to the hills above his hometown of
Lauden and turning to drink. He had hoped to be forgotten. The world
would not let him forget the oath that he had sworn in his youth,
however, and an honorable Stone Troll named
Gorin was sent to convince
Hagan to honor it.
Councilcrane, the ruling body of mages, had summoned
him to the city of
Harquinn and
Hagan knew that the threat of war from
across The Edge must have returned.
Gorin brought ill tidings.
Autumn had never come to
Elfwhere, but the leaves had begun to fall,
foretelling the return of the dark lord
Mournenhile, thought destroyed
all those years ago. Like an ungodly pairing of bat and wolf,
Mournenhile's army of
Pith have swarmed into the Elven forest bent on
their utter destruction.
Reluctantly,
Hagan must once more step
into the horrors of war and offer his blade to the cause. Joined by his
inexperienced younger brother,
D'Pharin and a small group of new
companions (
Vasparian, an Elf that served with
Hagan under the Black
Sun,
Windenn, the Woodwarden and
Shindire, the haughty Elf from across
The Sleeping Sea) he sets off for the ancient city of
Harquinn with a
heavy heart.
What will the mages ask of him this time? Memories of atrocities committed in the name of
Harquinn flooded back into his mind.
Can
he become the hero that he once was, redeeming himself and driving back
the horrific creatures within the armies of
Mournenhile?
Book Two:
Shards of S'Darin
Malhain and the forces of
Mournenhile now occupy the west's most
important stronghold. After narrowly escaping the battle,
Davaris,
possibly now the last living mage, pulls the others along on a seemingly
impossible quest; to gather the remnants of
S'Darin's staff, destroyed
on the battlefield years ago. The only person that knows the location of
S'Darin's staff is a madman, now locked away in Harrow Isle, an island
asylum only accessible through
Pahn Pirik, the underground kingdom of
the
Dwarves. The true nature of
Shindire's visit to the mainland becomes
apparent as they set off on their long journey into the barren south.
The
forest of
Elfwhere has nearly been destroyed.
Vasparian and
Gorin
return to the forest of the
Elves in the hopes of defending its capital
and rescuing
Vasparian's family. Can the
Elves convince the mysterious
Addrefae to fight, unleashing their ancient sorcery against their common
enemy?
Thousands strong, a shambling column of diseased people
travel mindlessly toward the north. What is
Trune's role in
Mournenhile's evil plan and will the true nature of the plague finally
be revealed?
Tales of Embremere:
Book One:
Embremere
The majestic city of
Embremere had been built on an immense platform high above the surface of the lake, with the poor and
criminal
element creating their own society below it in a world they called
The
Under. Into this world,
Grivvin Lo'Rynin is exiled. He is the last of
the
Wychan, Embremere's high order of wizards who have, over the
generations, lost their power. And now he is an outcast.
As fate
would have it, a young girl named
Lyrica pulls him from the churning
waves that night, saving his life and dragging him along on a dangerous
adventure facing whirlpools, dragons and the grey-skinned fish-men
called the
Cuda, who cruelly rule
The Under.
Can
Grivvin survive
in this strange land long enough to unlock the secrets of
Wychan magic
and seek revenge on the nobles that branded him useless?
What dark secrets lie at the bottom of
Lake Embremere?
Tales of Embremere:
Book Two:
Return to Embremere
Horrific creatures have begun to appear in
The Under. Through the
careless use of
Wychan magic,
Grivvin has unknowingly resurrected long
dead monsters lying at the bottom of
Lake Embremere. It is soon
discovered that only magic can destroy them, physical weapons only
stopping them temporarily. Even the vicious
Cuda are threatened by the
rising terror and through the kidnapping of a friend, force
Grivvin to
set about ridding
The Under of this unholy horde.
Can
Grivvin and
his new friends find a way to destroy these creatures? Is his growing
power strong enough? Will
Modmargen, God of the
Cuda live up to his end
of their bargain?
Join a new cast of young characters in the latest installment in the
Tales of Embremere series.
Undergrowth
A horror novella
A
madness had hung over the
Dinbury house for years. After his father
commits suicide in front of him and on a public street,
Chet sets about
trying to unravel the mystery of his father's insanity. What secrets lie
hidden in his father's study, full of odd artifacts and books of
ancient lore. What is that sickly sound that he hears in the night and
why can't his wife hear it? Are the demons of madness now coming for
him?
The sequel to
Embremere is in the final stages and will soon be release in paperback and for the
Kindle. Then, it's on to the third book of
In the Shadow of the Black Sun.
Thank you and happy reading,
William
