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Kings of the Night II [MultiFormat]
eBook by G. W. Thomas & Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
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eBook Category: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
eBook Description: 16 more Sword & Sorcery tales selected by G. W. Thomas. Cover by Eric B. Anderson.
eBook Publisher: Cyber-Pulp Press, Published: 2004
Fictionwise Release Date: March 2004
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: ePub (EPUB) [269 KB]
, Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [272 KB]
, Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [987 KB]
, Palm Doc (PDB) [307 KB]
, Microsoft Reader (LIT) [255 KB]
, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [317 KB]
, hiebook (KML) [713 KB]
, iSilo (PDB) [253 KB]
, Mobipocket (PRC) [316 KB]
, OEBFF Format (IMP) [417 KB]
Words: 95315
Reading time: 272-381 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
INTRODUCTION
SOME critics have branded Sword & Sorcery, or Heroic Fantasy if you prefer, with the label "Thud & Blunder". Not entirely undeserving, some imitative stories have led to this conclusion. But those who write off S&S do so at their own peril. For the genre has all the elements to create any kind of tale: a religious or philosophical story, an action story, a funny story, a tragic story...
This second volume of KINGS OF THE NIGHT, like its predecessor, serves up all these many varied types of tales. A story like "Eye, Urreal" by Robert Burke Richardson will satisfy the reader who seeks deeper meaning in an S&S story. "The Princess Quest" by Joy V. Smith is a light-hearted parody of the genre, and a much needed anodyne to the dark and bloody nature of this collection. Pulse-pounding action is found in many of these stories including Jeff Crook's clever "Escape from the Heart of Djar" and the ever-literary and poetic David Bain, who returns with another tale of Shin and Skulk. To dip into Bain's reality is to see bright colors and intriguing mysteries. These are just some of the tales that await you.
There are enchanted swords, werewolves, inter-dimensional portals, eldritch horrors and plenty of swordplay to satisfy those who love this genre above all others. Where else can you satisfy your love of fantasy, horror and sometimes, even science fiction (see "The Thing From the Sky" by Scott Sheaffer), all in the same genre? Sword & Sorcery is versatile, limber and just plain fun. So read on, brave hearts. And I'll meet you at the inn if the trolls don't get you...
G. W. Thomas
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