This author crafts narratives steeped in fantasy and post-apocalyptic adventure. His work explores heroes thrust into extraordinary circumstances within perilous, imaginative worlds.
Collects three stories in which elves try to save their race from extinction, drow adventurers travel through the Underdark under the threat of war, and a quest to locate the Spider Queen is underway.
The courageous hero Heimdall returns to save the Rainbow Bridge and Earth from dark sorcery in this swashbuckling fantasy adventure set in Marvel's Legends of Asgard
In a world once dominated by superheroes, Matt Brown finds himself thrust into a battle for survival when aliens invade and eliminate all heroes. By a twist of fate, he acquires the powers that once belonged to them. As the aliens threaten to colonize Earth, Matt must rise to the challenge and protect the remnants of Jackson City, transforming from an ordinary citizen into a reluctant hero in a desperate fight for humanity's survival.
The War of the Spider Queen begins here. While their whole world is changing around them, four dark elves struggle against different enemies. Yet their paths will lead them all to the most terrifying discovery in the long history of the drow and set them on a quest to save not only Menzoberranzan but the entire dark elf race from Dissolution...
Heimdall faces a thrilling challenge as he battles undead foes while grappling with his conflicting loyalties. Set against the backdrop of Marvel's Legends of Asgard, this fantasy adventure promises action-packed sequences and a deep exploration of loyalty and heroism.
The young Heimdall must undertake a mighty quest to save Odin in the first heroic fantasy novel set in Marvel's incredible Legends of Asgard
Join heroes fighting the undead hordes! Undead armies have massed and march to the beat of an evil necromancer's drum. The living citizens of the magic-rich realm of Thay must unite and mount a defense before they die and join their enemy's ranks. The second book in The Haunted Lands series, the events in Undead will have tremendous impact on the Forgotten Realms world.
Shamur Uskevren is duped into making an assassination attempt on her husband. But soon she realizes that things are not what they seem and her family is in grave danger.
In the4th book of the multi-author Sundering series launched byNew York Timesbest-selling author R.A. Salvatore, Richard Lee Byers introduces Anton Marivaldi a renowned reaver with an insatiable thirst for bounty and a moral compass that always leads him toward the evil he s never tried. Endless, pounding rain afflict the Sea of Fallen Stars and the coastal regions surrounding it. Harvests are failing, travel and trade are disrupted, and civilized forces are giving way to the deluges caused by the storms. In panic and despair, many have turned to the goddess Umberlee, Queen of the Deeps, offering her sacrifices with hope that they will be spared the inevitable reckoning of her perpetual tempest. Evendur Highcastle, undead pirate captain, risen from the depths to assume the mantle of Umberlee s Chosen, takes advantage of the people's desperation to strike for both spiritual and temporal power in her name. Vying with Highcastle for the hearts and minds of the people is Stedd Whitehorn, a little boy and the chosen of a god thought lost to time: Lathander, the Morninglord. In a time of such upheaval, Stedd s message of renewal and hope runs in stark contrast to the savage ethos of Highcastle and his waveservants. When Anton captures the boy in order to collect Highcastle s considerable bounty, the reaver is quickly caught in the riptide caused by the sundering of worlds.
This anthology of seven stories introduces not just one realm of good and evil, not just one family of troubled heroes, but the whole of the remarkable Forgotten Realms world. Original.
Grief-stricken over the mysterious death of his beloved wife, the vampire known as Elliott Sinclair is sinking into lethargy and despair.When a mysterious enemy assails his people, he rouses himself to command the defence, only to discover that he and his clan are merely pawns in a deadly game between two ancient undead. It is a duel that has raged since the dawn of civilization. And the unseen puppet master who has secretly guided the destiny of Elliott and his friends is willing to sacrifice every piece on the chessboard in order to checkmate her opponent.On A Darkling Plain is a paperback World of Darkness novel and a tale of the Jyhad, the age-old clandestine war among vampires that has shaped the course of human and vampire history. Richard Lee Byers is the author of numerous short stories and ten previously published novels, and has contributed to several White Wolf Publishing anthologies as well as writing the recent World of Darkness novel Caravan of Shadows.
"Having pursued and acquired countless fabled and powerful artifacts from around the world in service to their other-worldly benefactor, known only as The Collector, Basil and Moebius come face to face with the perpetrator of the timeless conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of reality! Puzzle pieces from every adventure to date fall into place, assembling a scenario more dangerous than anything they've faced before! Fortunately, the boys have learned a thing or two along the way ..."--
The Garou, the bestial werewolves who fight to save the natural world, have their backs to the wall. In Tribe Children of Gaia, the storyteller Cries Havoc, robbed of his memories by the Wyrm, fights to become whole again. In Tribe Uktena, another songkeeper named Amy Hundred-Voices comes face to face with Lord Arkady, the Silver Fang accused of conspiring with the Wyrm. Can she turn him from his destructive path?
The demon lord Belasco plans to use Rogue to bring the evil Elder Gods to Earth. The X-Men and their sister team Excalibur must stop him before Rogue's very soul is destroyed. Their unexpected -- and untrusted -- ally is the lord of all vampires: Dracula
The bold investigators of Arkham Horror are humanity's best hope against monstrous terrors from beyond the void, in this second collection of extraordinary eldritch novellas
This second title in the ongoing series focuses specifically on the iconic character class of The Rogues--people who survive on the fringes and in the shadows of the Forgotten Realms world. Original.
Based on the runaway bestselling roleplaying game by the same name, this chilling fantasy novel is set against the backdrop of a vicious territory war between two vampire clans. On this battleground, even the most loyal alliances can twist under the cover of darkness.
SCIENCE CANNOT EXPLAIN THE VANISHING PHYSICISTNobody believes him, and why should they? How could six stars vanish from sight all at once, never to reappear? Astronomer and Miskatonic University professor Norman Withers had all but given up on regaining his colleagues’ esteem when a protégé of the renowned Albert Einstein comes to speak on campus. The visiting physicist, with unsettling theories about the curvature of space-time, may hold the key to helping Norman explain the phenomenon of the vanishing stars.But when Norman agrees to assist the physicist with his own experimental conundrums, they find themselves no longer the seekers of knowledge, but those sought after. What creatures lurk in the angles of time, and how can two men of science stand up to beings that defy the laws of reality?
Discover the power of true magic in Blood of Baalshandor! This Arkham Horror novella by Richard Lee Byers invites readers to return to Arkham alongside Dexter Drake as he searches for arcane tomes that can shed some light on the secrets he first glimpsed in a torn page from the Necronomion during the Great War. Lured to an auction of occult items, “Drake the Great” and his assistant Molly Maxwell find themselves targeted by the depraved servants of an otherworldly force of disease and corruption. It will take more than a little misdirection to get the magician out of this scrape.
In a world dominated by superheroes and supervillains, Matt Brown is an unremarkable man until a catastrophic attack leaves Earth's heroes defeated. Suddenly, he inherits their powers, thrusting him into a role he never sought. As he grapples with his newfound abilities, Matt must confront the daunting challenge of saving the world, questioning his worthiness and the legacy of those who fell before him.
With once verdant fields and towns in ruins and most of the living inhabitants transformed into the undead, the necromancer who masterminded the civil war that had driven the ruling council into exile has apparently gone insane, but the survivors of Thay have one final chance to rally their forces to defeat the evil. Original.
Der junge Heimdall begibt sich auf eine Quest, um Odin – und alle aus Asgard – zu retten. Es ist eine düstere Zeit für Asgard. Der Allvater liegt im Odinschlaf gefangen, was die Frostriesen zu einem direkten Angriff bewegt. Sie weichen der Verteidigung der Götter mit ungewöhnlicher Leichtigkeit aus. Heimdall, ein kluger junger Krieger auf der Suche nach seiner Stellung unter den Verteidigern Asgards, hält es nicht für Zufall, dass Odin außer Gefecht ist und die Riesen so gut informiert sind. Er bricht in Odins Gemächer ein und entdeckt, dass der abgetrennte Kopf Mimirs – eine Quelle großer Weisheit – verschwunden ist. Begleitet von seiner Schwester, Lady Sif, muss Heimdall die Zehn Welten durchsuchen, um ihn zurückzuholen, damit Asgard nicht fällt. Marvels Die Legenden von Asgard ist eine neue Fantasyreihe, in der mächtige Helden aufregende Abenteuer voller Ehre und Ruhm erleben. © 2021 MARVEL.
Die Ermittler von Arkham Horror sind in dieser zweiten Novellen-Sammlung die einzige Hoffnung der Menschheit gegen monströse Schrecken aus der Leere. Enthält drei herrlich schaurige Abenteuer: - Eine Behandlung gegen die schrecklichen Albträume einer Patientin durch die Psychologin Carolyn Fern reißt ein Tor zu den Traumlanden und den Alten Göttern auf. - Die geheimnisvollen Bücher der Miskatonic University sind eine unwiderstehliche Verlockung für den Bühnenmagier Dexter Drake und seine Assistentin Molly Maxwel. Doch schon bald fallen sie dunklen Mächten zum Opfer. - Als die Autorin Gloria Goldberg Arkham besucht, um den unvollendeten Roman ihres Schriftstellerkollegen fertig zu schreiben, entweichen seine Worte von den Seiten und beginnen Arkham zu verwandeln. Außerdem gibt es die Origin-Geschichten der Ermittler aus den Tiefen des Arkham Horror-Archivs. Der edle Schuber enthält zusätzlich zum Hardcoverband noch drei exklusive „ARKHAM HORROR: Das Kartenspiel“-Erweiterungspacks mit je fünf Spielkarten.
