Die By the Sword Volume II
(2024)An anthology of stories edited by D M Ritzlin
The clash of steel, the mysteries of magic, the adventures of a lifetime!
Die By the Sword Vol. II promises more daring fantasy and high-stakes adventure than ever before. From DMR Books and the finest fantasists of our time come TWELVE sensational tales, ready to swallow you whole into a world of sword-wielding heroes, exotic locales, strange creatures, and malefic magic spells!
Connwen flees into the Haunted Lands where he makes his stand against the Saxon invaders who killed his tribe and razed his village… Summoned by the Elders of Qwaarzm, Impyrryan Purple is sent to secure the necropolis at Xul-Kizaak. Little does he know that the threat is far more ominous than that of common grave robbers stealing mummies to sell to the circles of decadent nobility… A knight with no name and no memories of his distant past is sent on a mission to rescue a young woman accused of witchcraft from the Drudenhaus at Bamberg… Ulxedomus, Crown Prince of K’Zal, wanders a weird world with an alien entity trapped in his left eye socket, in search of the usurper to the throne of his kingdom—his own brother… A curse is placed upon the house of Conal MacCarthy in retribution for a terrible deed from the past. Will the MacCarthy family survive the onslaught of the supernatural swordsman set on them by sorcery?
Return to the ways of steel and sorcery once more, and DIE BY THE SWORD!
Stories included:
“The Druid’s Stone” by Adrian Cole
“Beyond the Necropolis is Another World of Night” by Wade German
“Reflections of a Haunted Mind” by Howie K. Bentley
“Her Scarlet Smoke of Sacrifice” by Sersa Victory
“The Barrow of Bel Kadaz” by Robert Mammone
“Balefire Beneath the Waves” by Ethan Sabatella
“The Eye Within the Eye” by M. Stern
“The Guard’s Tale” by Mark Coomer
“Journey to the North” by Ville Meriläinen
“Vothane the Mournful” by K.T. Elfering
“In the Wake of the Red Sun” by David Carter
“The Two Graves” by Rev. Joe Kelly
Genre: Fantasy
Die By the Sword Vol. II promises more daring fantasy and high-stakes adventure than ever before. From DMR Books and the finest fantasists of our time come TWELVE sensational tales, ready to swallow you whole into a world of sword-wielding heroes, exotic locales, strange creatures, and malefic magic spells!
Connwen flees into the Haunted Lands where he makes his stand against the Saxon invaders who killed his tribe and razed his village… Summoned by the Elders of Qwaarzm, Impyrryan Purple is sent to secure the necropolis at Xul-Kizaak. Little does he know that the threat is far more ominous than that of common grave robbers stealing mummies to sell to the circles of decadent nobility… A knight with no name and no memories of his distant past is sent on a mission to rescue a young woman accused of witchcraft from the Drudenhaus at Bamberg… Ulxedomus, Crown Prince of K’Zal, wanders a weird world with an alien entity trapped in his left eye socket, in search of the usurper to the throne of his kingdom—his own brother… A curse is placed upon the house of Conal MacCarthy in retribution for a terrible deed from the past. Will the MacCarthy family survive the onslaught of the supernatural swordsman set on them by sorcery?
Return to the ways of steel and sorcery once more, and DIE BY THE SWORD!
Stories included:
“The Druid’s Stone” by Adrian Cole
“Beyond the Necropolis is Another World of Night” by Wade German
“Reflections of a Haunted Mind” by Howie K. Bentley
“Her Scarlet Smoke of Sacrifice” by Sersa Victory
“The Barrow of Bel Kadaz” by Robert Mammone
“Balefire Beneath the Waves” by Ethan Sabatella
“The Eye Within the Eye” by M. Stern
“The Guard’s Tale” by Mark Coomer
“Journey to the North” by Ville Meriläinen
“Vothane the Mournful” by K.T. Elfering
“In the Wake of the Red Sun” by David Carter
“The Two Graves” by Rev. Joe Kelly
Genre: Fantasy
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