Greatshadow: Book One of the Dragon Apocalypse - Softcover

Maxey, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1505754968 ISBN 13: 9781505754964

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The warrior woman known as Infidel is legendary for her superhuman strength and skin tough as chain mail. She’s made few friends during her career as a sword-for-hire, and many powerful enemies. Following the death of her closest companion, Infidel finds herself weary of life as a mercenary and sets her eyes on one final prize that will allow her to live out the rest of her days in luxury, the priceless treasure trove of Greatshadow. Greatshadow is the primal dragon of fire. His malign intelligence spies upon mankind through every flickering candle, patiently waiting to devour victims careless with even the smallest flame. The Church of the Book has assembled a team of twelve battle-hardened adventurers to slay the dragon once and for all. But tensions run high between the leaders of the quest who view the mission as a holy duty and the super-powered mercenaries adding strength to their ranks, who dream only of Greatshadow’s vast wealth. If the warriors fail to slay the beast, will they doom mankind to death by fire? Greatshadow is the first book in an exciting new adventure series, blending superheroes and epic fantasy into a unique take on both genres.

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About the Author

James Maxey lives in Hillsborough, NC, USA. After graduating from the Odyssey Fantasy Writer's Workshop and Orson Scott Card's Writer's Boot Camp, James broke in to the publishing world in 2002 when he won a Phobos Award for his short story, "Empire of Dreams and Miracles." In 2003, Pho-bos Books released his critically acclaimed superheronovel, Nobody Gets the Girl. For Solaris Books, he has written the Dragon Age trilogy, and the unrelated Dragon Apocalypse trilogy. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Intergalactic Medicine Show, and numerous anthologies. For more information about his writing, visit James at dragonprophet.blogspot.com.

Review

This one is worth reading right now.' - Orson Scott Card on Greatshadow 'Greatshadow's level 30+ adventure is charming, not po-faced, with a group of fl awed, sarcastic, quick-witted and oddball adventurers that are equally comfortable with set-piece battle and rapid fire sarcasm.' Pornokitsch on Greatshadow 'A magnificently entertaining romp bursting with charm.' SFX on Greatshadow

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1505754968
• ISBN 13: 9781505754964
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 267