Paul S. Kemp

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely on each other, the Force, and their own ruthlessness to prevail.

Erevis CaleThe loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret.Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butlers ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevren in jeopardy. Erevist must finally prove his loyalty -- to the city and to the Uskevren.He wont get a second chance.

For readers of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes the first book in a fantastic, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series that puts a clever new twist on the golden age of epic fantasy.Robbing tombs for fun and profit might not be a stable career, but Egil and Nix arent in it for the long-term prospects. Egil is the hammer-wielding warrior-priest of a discredited god. Nix is a roguish thief with just enough knowledge of magic to conjure up trouble. Together, they seek riches and renown, yet often find themselves enlisted in lost causesgenerally against their will.So why should their big score be any different? The trouble starts when Nix and Egil kill the demonic guardian of a long-lost crypt, nullifying an ancient pact made by the ancestors of an obscenely powerful wizard. Now the wizard will stop at nothing to keep that power from slipping away, even if it means freeing a rapacious beast from its centuries-old prison. And who better than Egil and Nixthe ones responsible for his current predicamentto perform this thankless task?Praise for The Hammer and the Blade and Paul S. KempA gripping tale [with] the feeling of a classic Dungeons & Dragons campaign.Publishers WeeklyMost heroes work up to killing demons. Egil and Nix start there and pick up the pace.Elaine Cunningham, author of the Thorn TrilogyKemp delivers sword and sorcery at its rollicking best, after the fashion of Fritz Leibers Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.Library Journal

For fans of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes a fast-paced, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series featuring two wise-cracking protagonists straight out of the golden age of epic fantasy.Once the most daringsome would say recklessgrave robbers around, Egil and Nix are now retired, having opened their own tavern with a side business as a brothel. The warrior-priest and the dashing rogue are done with adventuring. But is adventuring done with them? When two beautiful sisters run afoul of the notorious Thieves Guild, the semi-respectable entrepreneurs are called upon to defend their honor. And if they find an opportunity to enrich themselves along the way, no one could blame them.Soon theyre going toe-to-toe and hammer-to-skull with some of the deadliest cutthroats in town. Theres just one catch: The quest to settle this vendetta once and for all leads straight into the Blackalley, a ghostly byway that appears at random to suck unsuspecting passersby into its voracious maw. Only a fool or a madman would enter willingly. Luckily for Egil and Nix, they might just be both.Praise for the Egil and Nix novels[Paul S.] Kemp delivers sword and sorcery at its rollicking best, after the fashion of Fritz Leibers Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.Library JournalEgil and Nix might not be the safest guys to go adventuring with, but theyre sure good company.Ed Greenwood, bestselling creator of Forgotten RealmsDid I mention how much fun Egil and Nix are? So. Much. Damn. Fun.Tordotcom

The son of shadow warrior Erevis Cale prepares to seek out his destiny in this compelling second installment of the Sundering series The shadow legacy of Erevis Cale lives on even as his old foe Mephistopheles seeks to stamp it out at any cost. Cales son, Vasenunmoored in time by the god Maskhas thus far been shielded from the archdevils dark schemes, alone among the servants of the Lord of Light who have raised him since birth.Living in a remote abbey nestled among the Thunder Peaks of Sembia, Vasen is haunted by dreams of his father, trapped in the frozen hell of Cania. He knows the day will come when he must assume his role in the divine drama unfolding across Faerun. But Vasen does not know what that role should be or whether he is ready to take it on. He only knows what his father tells him in dreamsthat he must not fail. Enter Drasek Riven, a former compatriot of Erevis Cale, now near divine and haunted by dreams of his own. He, too, knows the time to act is near. Shar, the great goddess of darkness, looks to cast her shadow on the world forever. Riven has glimpsed the cycle of night she hopes to complete, and he knows she must be stopped. At the crossroads of divine intrigue and mortal destiny, unlikely heroes unite to thwart the powers of shadow and hell, and the sundering of worlds is set on its course.

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In the process of vanquishing a shipload of Sith from the distant past, Jedi Knight Jaden Korr uncovered the frozen results of a horrific cloning experiment: insane Jedi-Sith clones. Only some of those clones thawed...and now theyre loose in a galaxy that has enough to deal with under the tightening grip of the evil Darth Caedus. Jaden Korr will have to hunt them down, and if he cant save them, he will have to destroy them!

Tensions escalate between Erevis Cale and his rival-slash-accomplice, Drasek Riven, in a fierce battle of wills Lost on the mysterious Plane of Shadow, with no way home in sight, Erevis Cale and his band of comrades recover from their recent battle with the fearsome Slaadia species of monstrous and frog-like creatures. Meanwhile, Drasek Riven grows more calculating as Cales powers increase, and the rivals are locked together in a complicated power strugglesometimes as enemies and sometimes as accomplices. As the duo makes their way to the infamous city of Skull Port and to the chaotic Skulls, a band of wizards tasked with patrolling the city, they will push their fraugt alliance to its furthest limits.

Surrounded by evil on all sides, Erevis Cale and his comrades continue their fight against the Shar in this second adventure in the Twilight War series The Archwizards of Shade Enclave have emerged from the desert with a message of peace and an act of war. Split by petty disputes and causeless feuds, the merchant realm of Sembia is wide open for invasion. With many Sembians more than happy to sell out to the Shadovar, can only one man do anything to stop it? Erevis Cale is more than willing to try, though he must make a deal with a devil along the waya deal that will tear a friends soul in two but is key to preventing the realms from being torn asunder by the Shadowstorm.

The heroic Mask agent takes to the high seas for the good of the Forgotten Realms in this final Erevis Cale adventure As shadows deepen in every corner of the realms, Erevis Cale rises further into the heights of his powers. But with such power comes a steep cost: the last of his humanity, which he feels slipping further and further away with each passing day. But destiny waits for no shade, and Cale is forever in motion to discover hisfrom his clashes with pirates and a monstrous kraken on the Inner Sea to his ever-complicated rivalry-slash-friendship with Riven. In the end, being chosen by a god like Mask may be more curse than blessing . . .

The hard-fighting, harder-drinking fortune hunters of The Hammer and the Blade and A Discourse in Steel are back to test their mettle and tempt fickle fate. Fantasy fiction has long welcomed adventurous rogues: Fritz Leibers Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, George R. R. Martins Dunk and Egg, and Scott Lynchs Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen have all made their mark. In his Egil & Nix series, New York Times bestselling author Paul S. Kemp introduces a daring new duo to the ranks of fantasy fameor is it infamy? Nix is a nimble thief with just enough knowledge of magic to get into serious trouble. Egil is the only priest of a discredited god. Together, they seek riches and renown, but somehow it is always misadventure and mayhem that find themeven in the dive bar they call home. And their luck has yet to change. All Nix wants to do is cheer Egil up after a bout of heartbreak. And, of course, strike it so rich that they need never worry about their combined bar bill. But when the light-fingered scoundrel plunders a tomb and snatches mysterious golden plates covered in runes, the treasure brings terrifying trouble. Pursued by an abomination full of ravenous hunger and unquenchable wrath, Egil and Nix find all they hold dearincluding their beloved tavernin dire peril. To say nothing of the world itself.Praise for A Conversation in BloodAn adventure perfect for fantasy fans and action-movie lovers. It will take readers on a wild ride with heart-pounding fights, harebrained schemes, and several laugh-out-loud moments.Booklist If you enjoy storytelling with the content sensibilities of Game of Thrones, then imagine George R. R. Martin forced to write while strapped to the front of a War Boys car going 100 mph, pumped full of Jolt Cola and Pixy Sticks with Metallica blaring from the speakers and you approximate the full Egil & Nix experience that [Paul S.] Kemp delivers.Rebels Report

The stunning conclusion to the Twilight War series starring beloved Forgotten Realms hero Erevis CaleThe Archwizards of Shade have descended from their flying city with their sights set on the merchant realm of Sembia. They come in the guise of allies, but have invasion and empire as their ultimate aim.The fate of Sembia may be sealed, but Erevis Cale still has a shocking destiny that may end in his own destructionif hes lucky. Surrounded by enemies and a complex web of intrigue, Erevis must contend with his identity, his promises, and the immense responsibility that lies before him.

Newly dedicated to the Mask, an assassin-turned-butler returns to the shadowy lifestyle he once left behind Over one decade ago, the Night Knives placed spy Erevis Cale into the wealthy Uskevren household, tasking him with gathering intel that would tarnish the familys name. But as Cales relationship with his employers deepened with time, he grew tired of serving two mastersand ultimately sided with Thamalon, the Uskevren patriarch. Now, Thamalon lies dead, and the sun has set on Cales service to the family. But just when his future seems more uncertain than ever, a letter arrives from a prominent figure from his past. By days end, Cale has dedicated himself to a new masterone who is beyond the petty accumulation of wealth. After all, what is gold to one who trades in souls?

A new trilogy starring Erevis Cale: On the edge of a war that will change the face of Faerun, the world finds that not all shadows serve Shade Enclave In the wake of the battle, Erevis Cale and his companionsfellow Mask agent Drasek Riven and the half-human, half-demon Mags Kesthave settled into a more peaceful existence. But secretly, Cale is in turmoil. With his transformation into a shade nearly complete, he grasps at the last scraps of his physical humanity. More than ever, he is like the master that he serves. But soon, fresh dangers are afoot. The goddess Shar has made the first move in her ploy to incite the Shadowstorm, a prophesied event that will reshape Faerun according to her and the Shades dark whims. As her agents sow the seeds of war throughout the realm, Erevis Cale and his companionsboth old and newmust find a way to stop them in their tracks before the ancient Netheril empire can rise again.

The devastating War of the Spider Queen comes to an endand gives rise to the greatest horror the Forgotten Realms have ever knownin this final epic fantasy in the New York Timesbestselling series.The Spider Queen lives again, but something is differentsomething her priestesses can hear in the winds, feel in their spirits, and see with their own eyes. The Demonweb Pits, removed from the Abyss to take its place among the lower planes, is more horrifying than anyone has ever imagined. Teeming with feral spiders bent on ripping each other to pieceskilling, eating, and killing againthe blasted landscape of Lolths personal hell is still forming.Quenthel Baenre, with the tattered remnants of her expedition continuing to plot against her, crosses that spider-infested killing ground in hopes of answering the call of her reborn goddess. If she can make it to Lolths side, can she even imagine what plans the Queen of the Demonweb Pits has had for her all along?Danifae Yauntyrra former battle-captive of House Melarnhas followed Quenthel into the Pits, but even the hellish conditions cannot distract her from her true mission: kill Halisstra Melarn. While Danifae contemplates vengenace, the very target of her burning hatred is not far behind, following her own hidden agenda. Halisstra holds the fabled Crescent Blade, a sword she believes will grant her the power to kill Lolth herselfbut only if they find her before she fully completes her own mysterious resurrection.

Thousands of years before the Legacy of the Force series, two Sith ships were sabotaged, resulting in the crash of one on a distant, isolated planet, and the loss of the other in a hyperspace anomaly. The survivors of the crashed ship evolved into the Lost Tribe of Sith introduced in our new Fate of the Jedi series. But the other ship was lost in a kind of time warp, finally exiting hyperspace far, far in the future--the time of the Legacy of the Force series, a very different galaxy from the one they left behind in what seems to be almost no time at all. Now Jedi Knight Jaden Korr--who will be introduced as a new Star Wars character in Fate of the Jedi: Abyss--must find a way to prevent these time-traveling Sith from asserting their horrific ambitions over a galaxy already reeling from the depredations of the control-hungry Jacen Solo.

When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely on each other, the Force, and their own ruthlessness to prevail.It appears things are as you suspected, Lord Vader. We are indeed hunted.Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight, is just a memory. Darth Vader, newly anointed Sith Lord, is ascendant. The Emperors chosen apprentice has swiftly proven his loyalty to the dark side. Still, the history of the Sith Order is one of duplicity, betrayal, and acolytes violently usurping their Mastersand the truest measure of Vaders allegiance has yet to be taken. Until now.On Ryloth, a planet crucial to the growing Empire as a source of slave labor and the narcotic known as spice, an aggressive resistance movement has arisen, led by Cham Syndulla, an idealistic freedom fighter, and Isval, a vengeful former slave. But Emperor Palpatine means to control the embattled world and its precious resourcesby political power or firepowerand he will be neither intimidated nor denied. Accompanied by his merciless disciple, Darth Vader, he sets out on a rare personal mission to ensure his will is done.For Syndulla and Isval, its the opportunity to strike at the very heart of the ruthless dictatorship sweeping the galaxy. And for the Emperor and Darth Vader, Ryloth becomes more than just a matter of putting down an insurrection: When an ambush sends them crashing to the planets surface, where inhospitable terrain and an army of resistance fighters await them, they will find their relationship tested as never before. With only their lightsabers, the dark side of the Force, and each other to depend on, the two Sith must decide if the brutal bond they share will make them victorious allies or lethal adversaries.

Con este volumen finaliza la serie de Reinos dedicada a los avatares de los elfos oscuros y la Reina Araña. En esta ocasión, la Reina debe elegir a su sucesora. Las aventuras a las que deben enfrentarse las tres aspirantes culminaran en un final sorprendente que dara lugar al mayor horror que los Reinos hayan conocido.

Nueva novela canon oficialCuando el Emperador y su avanzado aprendiz, Darth Vader, se encuentran en medio del ataque Rebelde en un planeta inhóspito, solamente podrán contar el uno con el otro, la Fuerza, y sus increibles habilidades para sobrevivir. La trama se situa en el espacio de tiempo entre Star Wars Episodio III: La Venganza de los Sith (19 ABY) y Star Wars Tarkin (14 ABY).Titulo original: Lords of the Sith