Darkworld Anthology
Legends of Lornea, Volume One
Jean Rabe · Richard A. Knaak · Donald J. Bingle · Richard Lee Byers · Patrick E. Pullen
Five novelettes by legendary fantasy authors, set in a shared world. Legends of Lornea is the first book in a trilogy of anthologies based in the dark fantasy world of Torbalin.
Lornea is the only known continent on Torbalin, the Darkworld. One side of the planet, the Scorch, always faces the sun, while the other, the Darkfell, is wrapped in darkness. Between them lies a shadowy land called the Grey. It wasn't always this way: the God War tore the fabric of the universe and let a dark entity into the world, one that seeks to bring eternal night.
Patrick's story: Heroes End
A cleric and her small band of mercenaries are on a pilgrimage to the Darkfell when they meet a dwarf who has escaped from the lava-filled Hell Forge of the dark entity, Arkaroth. What was meant to be a simple missionary venture turns into a race against the odds to free the dwarf from the Darkfell and return him safely home.
Also inside
- The Miracle by Richard Lee Byers: a magical plague turns fallen elves into monstrosities.
- The Fifth Tower by Jean Rabe: a gifted gnome's expedition becomes a fight to survive.
- Pyre of Despair by Richard A. Knaak: a young paladin seeks a lost sword inside an active volcano.
- Hammer Fall by Donald J. Bingle: Arkaroth's legions burrow up into the great dwarven stronghold.
Excerpt
The name Darkworld does not imply the notion that the world has no light. Instead, the name is derived from the Dark Lord's plan to make the world a place of eternal night. The forces of good are in a constant struggle to stop this from becoming a reality.
The dark and the light, good and evil, which will endure? Nobody (even the gods) knows the answer to that question.
From the Introduction by Patrick E. Pullen
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