Sidequest Adventures

Three exciting stand-alone SideQuest adventures set in the alternate history world of the popular Foreworld Saga, collected in a single volume.

“The Beast of Calatrava” by Mark Teppo is an intriguing alternate history tale in which both a battle-scarred former knight with a blood-soaked history and a monk with a mysterious past face the encroaching Templar crusade and the war coming to Iberia.

In “The Shield Maiden” by Michael “Tinker” Pearce and Linda Pearce, a headstrong and skilled young Viking woman struggles through the stigmas of her time to claim her spot among the fiercest of fighters.

“The Lion in Chains” by Angus Trim and Mark Teppo is a visionary adventure in which the legendary Robin Hood joins forces with a clandestine order of warrior monks to rescue the kidnapped King Richard the Lionheart.

Linda S. Pearce has worked in the high-tech industry for over twenty years and is active in the animal rescue community. She and her husband, co-author Michael “Tinker” Pearce, met at a renaissance faire and fell in love immediately. They live in Seattle with six dogs and two cats.

Michael “Tinker” Pearce is a world-renowned sword-maker and author of The Medieval Sword in the Modern World. He is a student of historic European martial arts and also works with Subutai Corporation as a fight choreographer and consultant.

Mark Teppo is the author of the Codex of Souls urban fantasy series as well as Earth Thirst, an eco-thriller with vampires. A bibliophile whose interests include historical martial arts and esoteric traditions, he lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Angus Trim is a skilled sword-maker and machinist who lives in the Pacific Northwest. He is adept in various western martial arts as well as tai chi sword form.