Shadow of the Smoking Mountain: Volume 3
Published on 14. October 2024
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-1-9821-9367-6 (ISBN)
Description
He had crossed half a continent, venturing into the heartland of his enemies to wage a secret war of liberation!
It almost seemed that the worst lay behind them. Hanuvar and his small band of allies had faced down warriors and horrors and sinister magics to free hundreds of their people from slavery. The emperor was dead and his successor had so little interest in finding Hanuvar he'd ordered the sorcerous revenants to cease their search and turn their efforts to other targets.
But as Hanuvar shifted his efforts south, where hundreds of his people still labored under the Dervan yoke, other forces were advancing agendas of their own. Determined to prove Hanuvar still lived, the revenant legate secretly sought him with dark sorceries. A band of gladiators had rebelled and now wandered free, threatening the innocent and calling down the wrath of the legions. And upon the slopes of an ancient volcano, an ageless warrior mage worked to unleash a spell that would doom them all...
It almost seemed that the worst lay behind them. Hanuvar and his small band of allies had faced down warriors and horrors and sinister magics to free hundreds of their people from slavery. The emperor was dead and his successor had so little interest in finding Hanuvar he'd ordered the sorcerous revenants to cease their search and turn their efforts to other targets.
But as Hanuvar shifted his efforts south, where hundreds of his people still labored under the Dervan yoke, other forces were advancing agendas of their own. Determined to prove Hanuvar still lived, the revenant legate secretly sought him with dark sorceries. A band of gladiators had rebelled and now wandered free, threatening the innocent and calling down the wrath of the legions. And upon the slopes of an ancient volcano, an ageless warrior mage worked to unleash a spell that would doom them all...
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Lord of a Shattered Land:"This wonderful work put me in mind of the stories I read when I was editing Baen's Robert E. Howard library." -David Drake, best-selling author of the Hammer's Slammers series, Redliners, and the RCN series.
"Howard Andrew Jones is the leading Sword & Sorcery author of the 21st Century . . . His Lord of a Shattered Land is his best work yet, a heroic fantasy retelling of one of the great tales of antiquity, the fall of Carthage and its legendary general Hannibal . . . It's a magnificent achievement, destined to become a modern classic." -John O'Neill, World Fantasy Award-winning publisher
"The book is a riveting portrait of a hero trying to keep his civilization alive in the wake of a devastating military defeat; it's a series of ripping yarns that collectively add up to a greater story with a deeper impact than any of its parts; it's another triumph for Howard Andrew Jones, premier wielder of the new edge in sword-and-sorcery." -James Enge, World Fantasy Award-nominated author
Praise for The City of Marble and Blood:
"Not since Don Quixote, encountered in Spanish Lit, have I come across a more engaging episodic novel. Every character is relatable, including the worst. I loved this book." -Glen Cook, best-selling author of The Black Company series
Praise for Howard Andrew Jones:
"Howard Jones writes not-to-be-missed epic fantasy with immersive world building and the highest stakes for the characters, fighting for personal survival and the survival of their world." -Martha Wells, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author
"Howard Andrew Jones is a scholar and a gentleman, a deft multi-genre wordsmith . . . a living link between the tight action-adventure narratives of old and the sprawling epic fantasies of today." -Scott Lynch, author of The Republic of Thieves series
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Riverdale
United States
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
689 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9821-9367-6 (9781982193676)
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Person
Howard Andrew Jones is the author of the critically acclaimed Ring-Sworn trilogy, and two historical Arabian fantasy novels. He was the driving force behind the rebirth of interest in Harold Lamb's historical fiction, and assembled and edited eight collections of Lamb's work for the University of Nebraska Press. He edits the sword-and-sorcery magazine Tales From the Magician's Skull and served as Managing Editor of Black Gate magazine. He holds a third-degree black belt in Shotokan karate and is studying for his fourth. He lurks at www.howardandrewjones.com, where he blogs about writing craft, gaming, fantasy and adventure fiction, and assorted nerdery.