The Darkslayer: Wrath of the Royals (Book 1) (The Darkslayer Old School Sword and Sorcery Adventures Complete 16-Book Collection) - Softcover

Halloran, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578056615 ISBN 13: 9780578056616

Publisher: Two-Ten Book Press, 2012

Synopsis

They want him dead, but he won’t die.

On a volatile, savage world, there is one who is unknowingly charged with maintaining the delicate balance between light and darkness: the warrior Venir, the Darkslayer.  Girded with the mantle of power called the Armament, Venir hunts down the insidious race of underlings that will stop at nothing to dominate humanity. 

When Venir and his thief companion, Melegal, lock horns with brooding nobles during an innocent night of carousing in the City of Bone they are forced to flee or die in the dungeons.  The incorrigible pair seek refuge in the harsh Outlands where monsters, dwarfs, gnolls, and ogres dwell.  Lying in wait, two powerful underling wizards have set a trap to destroy the scourge of their kind once and for all. 

With his enemies closing in from all directions, The Darkslayer and his companions have no choice but to fight, or see their home descend into total chaos and devastation. 

Fans of R.A. Salvatore's-Drizzt Do' Urden, Frizt Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, David Gemmell's Druss the Legend, the Witcher, Raymond E. Feist's Pug the Wizard, and Robert E. Howard's Conan, delight in The Darkslayer series ... perhaps you will as well.

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Other Information:

#1 Amazon Best Seller Epic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery! 

Content Advisor:This series was originally intended for teenage and young adult audiences. There is no explicit language or sexual content in these books. With that said, there is lots of fighting and harrowing dilemmas. So much so that it’s become a favorite of readers ages 13 and up. Go ahead, strap on a helmet and give it a try.

Craig Halloran is a #1 Bestselling Amazon Author in the following genres and categories:

Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Coming of Age, Werewolves & Shifters, Dark Fantasy and Collections & Anthologies. He is a KDP All-Star and Top 100 Amazon author as well. Over 70 Stories published.

Other Works:

The Darkslayer, Series 1 (6 books)

The Darkslayer, Series 2: Bish and Bone (10 books)

The Odyssey of Nath Dragon, The Chronicles of Dragon Prequel Series (5 Books)

The Chronicles of Dragon, Series 1 (10 Books)

The Chronicles of Dragon, Series 2, Tail of the Dragon (10 Books)

The Supernatural Bounty Hunter Files (10 Books)

The Clash of Heroes (3 Books)

Zombie Impact (3 Books)

The Gamma Earth Cycle (2 Books)

The Red Citadel and the Sorcerer’s Power (5 books in 1)

Learn more about Craig and his works at: WWW.CRAIGHALLORAN.COM

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From the Back Cover:

"Do as they say or die in the dungeons," the poor storekeepers would say. "Do as they say or disappear," the commoners would warn. But Venir and Melegal could not have cared less what anyone had to say. They had been this way since their childhood.

As the underlings rally all of the evil forces they can muster to destroy the mystical and legendary Darkslayer, something unexpected has upset the delicate balance between good and evil on the world called Bish, making the Darkslayer a pawn in other insidious disputes.

Strife and turmoil are constant features of life as humans struggle to survive among a wide array of creatures, including orcs, ogres, and the most evil of all--the underlings. When recklessness provokes a Royal household, Venir is forced to flee the city, along with his comrade, the skinny thief Melegal. The Royals and underlings soon unleash some unusual powers against him and start to close in. Facing the final showdown, nothing unfolds as it should.



5 out of 5 Stars!
A pure "smash and bang" in-your-face action fantasy, calling back to the days when heroes wore chain-mail and the villains wore cloaks. The story of Darkslayer focuses on Venir, a muscular, blonde, ale-imbibing adventurous hero of Bish, a world galaxies away. Venir is also known as The Darkslayer to the Underlings, a race of hairy humanoids with a fetish for killing humans. Venir might be the key that will free the world of man from the guileful underlings, or he could be the apocalyptic destroyer. In Craig Halloran's first outing as an author, he shines in giving a compelling narrative. He is able to tell the entire history of the world, and at the same time, plunges back into the main adventure. Every fantasy subspecies is jam-packed into the book. From Giant Dwarfs, to hot chicks in armor, to crafty halflings and the occasional half ogre. The character designs pop in large part to exceptional illustrations by Ernie Chan, whose past works include both Marvel and DC comics. While the main characters will punch a hole in your heart and settle down in it, it is the minor characters that add the depth to the plot. My favorite is Eep, the evil imp from another dimension. Eep may have been evil and nasty, but he had a humanistic loyalty that was admirable.
--Sacramento/San Francisco Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Two-Ten Book Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0578056615
• ISBN 13: 9780578056616
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328