Richard Lee Byers

Un recopilatorio de Arkham Horror.Esta antología recopila dos novelas: La cólera del vacío, de Richard Lee ByersNorman Withers, astrónomo y profesor universitario, se encuentra en el punto de mira de

La Guerra Divina, el colosal conflicto entre dioses y titanes, destrozó el mundo de Scarn y lo transformó en las Tierras Heridas. También se cobró numerosas bajas, incluyendo a la deidad de los elfos de Termana. Con su desaparición, los elfos perdieron su inmortalidad, su propósito y su futuro. Quedaron abandonados. No obstante, Vladawen, alto sacerdote deesta divinidad, no ha abandonado toda esperanza, y lucha por devolver la grandeza a su pueblo del único modo posible: arrancar a su dios de las garras de la muerte.

xxMenzoberranzan es la ciudad del esplendor y la crueldad, patria de mortíferos guerreros y nigromantes diabólicos, es la Antípoda Oscura, emporio principal de la siniestra raza de los elfos oscuros. Pero en su corazon late un misterio, un terrible secreto que amenaza con destruirla.Cuando la diosa Lloth corta de raiz el poder que la sostiene, sus numerosos enemigos la acosan desde todas partes. Y, ¿que peor enemigo para un drow que otro drow?Reinos Olvidados es una saga de ficcion que forma parte de un escenario de campaña para el juego de rol Dungeons&Dragons.

Los Garou, los bestiales hombres lobo que combaten para salvarel mundo, se encuentran entre la espada y la pared. El bardo Grita Caos, despojado de sus recuerdos por el Wyrm, lucha por volver a ser é

Grief-stricken over the mysterious death of his beloved wife, the vampire known as Elliott Sinclair is sinking into lethargy and despair.When a mysterious enemy assails his people, he rouses himself to command the defense, only to discover that he and his clan are merely pawns in a deadly game between two ancient undead. It is a duel that has raged since the dawn of civilization. And the unseen puppet master who has secretly guided the destiny of Elliott and his friends is willing to sacrifice every piece on the chessboard in order to checkmate her opponent.On A Darkling Plain is a World of Darkness novel and a tale of the Jyhad, the age-old clandestine war among vampires that has shaped the course of human and vampire history. Richard Lee Byers is the author of numerous short stories and ten previously published novels, and has contributed to several White Wolf Publishing anthologies as well as writing the recent World of Darkness novel Caravan of Shadows.

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONSReverend Carpenter only wanted to help his congregation. But deep inside, he knew he was failing, losing his faithuntil the night he stumbled into a tiny curio shop. There he met a strange old man who read his fortune in the Tarot, and who gave him his one true card of powerthe power to heal. Now every man, woman and child in Corona City can be "saved" by his touchTwo women, bound by passion, open their veins in a ritual of blood-draining redemption.A dying man twists grotesquely in his wheelchair, then rises and walks. And attacks.A small boy steps willingly into the lair of a deranged grown-up, ready to play unspeakable games.DARK FORTUNEThe deck is stackedagainst their souls.

"The Things That Crawl" A small town discovers the only things deadlier than hurricanes are the ancient powers they awaken."Foragers" A lost soldier faces the undead on a Civil War battlefield."Black" The Queen of the Cats dispatches an agent to find out why black cats are vanishing from the streets and alleys of the city."Zombies in Paradise" At a Caribbean resort, tourists experience the thrill of temporarily turning into zombies.These are the tales of veteran storyteller Richard Lee Byers. The Things That Crawl collects much of his best short fiction in stories that range from the past to the future and from supernatural terror to fantastic adventure, with dashes of humor and science fiction thrown in for seasoning.Stories included in this collection:The Things That CrawlThe Q WordBlood and LimestoneWisdomFright WigSt. Pauls Churchyard, New Years DayThe GuideThings I Learned About Science From Popular EntertainmentForagersNetflix Ghost HuntersNight GamesEnd of LifeVetsThe Wizard and the DragonBlackGriefer MadnessMister ShadeOffice SpaceThe Plague KnightCastle of MaidensZombies in Paradise

Growing up in Port Sorrow, a lawless city home to smugglers, slavers, and pirates, Sarth Copperhorn expects to spend his days as a fisherman like his family and neighbors. But when the gang that controls the docks "taxes" the fishermen beyond bearing, the latter rise up against them. Their defiance provokes savage retaliation that leaves Sarths mother and father dead and the youth running for his life.Sarth takes refuge in a ruined castle and there encounters the ghost of Qelnan Immur, in life both an aristocrat and a sorcerer. And Qelnan makes him an offer. If Sarth will simply grant the phantom a place in his mind, Qelnan will do more than help him survive. Hell show the fishermans son how to exact vengeance.The Shadow Guide is a tale of swordplay and intrigue, of strange magic, bizarre creatures, and revenge. Its also the first volume in the new sword-and-sorcery series The Rise of the House of Immur."A twisted tale of revenge that will keep you guessing until the very last page." Chris A. Jackson, author of the award-winning Scimitar Seas novels

A jazzman faces a phantom from the Dreamlands.A student willing to do anything to avoid Vietnam learns just how high the price for evading the draft can be.The worlds greatest fencer duels a terror from the stars.Hezekiah, scion of the infamous Whateley clan, attempts to crowdfund the rise of Cthulhu.An astronaut can save humanity, but only by committing genocide against an innocent alien race.The Hep Cats of Ulthar and Other Lovecraftian Tales collects thirteen of Richard Lee Byerss best stories of cosmic horror. They range from the Middle Ages to H. P. Lovecrafts own 1920s New England to the future and include three never before published, the title novelette and two more.

Once he lived a life of valor and principlea life that ended in betrayal and defeat.James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, in life the embittered, martyred Cavalier, walks a different path in the Underworld. Embracing deceit and unbridled ambition as fervently as he once served God and England, Montrose has clawed his way up the Hierarchy to become a cynical lieutenant of the Deathlords of Stygia. Today, hes no ones idea of a heroand a hero is what the Shadowlands needs.Because something truly evil is stirring. Something cunning and malign that threatens the living and dead alike. And Montrose is the only being with a prayer of stopping it.The Ebon Mask is the first volume in the shadowy, suspenseful Dark Kingdoms trilogy, based on the popular role-playing game Wraith: The Oblivion.

Madness takes hold, enemy victory is within reach, and forgotten secrets are revealed in this final installment in The Year of the Rogue Dragons Rogue dragons become heroes when a millennia-old curse is revealed. But knowing the cause of a disease and curing it are two very different thingsespecially when most of the victims would rather not be cured at all. With Dorn Graybrook and his team no closer to breaking the curse, it seems evil spellcaster Sammaster is even closer to victory. In the farthest reaches of the northern lands lies the key to the Rage. There, the dragons meet at a ruined citadel to decide the fate of their mighty race. It is a vicious debate between good and evilbetween those who wish to keep the magic of the curse alive and those who wish to break it. For Dorn, ending the curse has become less a mission of duty than of love, and that only makes it more vital succeed.

The horde of mad dragons continues to terrorize the realmsbringing all of Faerun to the edge of cataclysmin this second adventure starring dragonslayer Dorn Graybrook Rampaging dragons appear in more and more places every day. And if the soulless lich Sammaster gets his wayand theres every reason to suspect he willthe disaster has only just begun. To defeat him and his curse of madness, the dragons must pay a steep price: their immortal souls in exchange for an eternity of undeath. The knowledge of that unavoidable truth may cause more madness among the dragons of Faerun than the curse itself. For the dragonslayer Dorn Graybrook, a dragon is a dragonwhether or not it has skin. But what if it wears the skin of a woman he may just be falling in love with?

In the sequel to Unclean, the citizens of Thay rally together to thwart the undead hordes attacking their home What started as one wizards ambition to take over the ruling council has become a vicious civil war that breeds a monstrous army of undead. And while the undead have always been part of life in Thay, after ten years of constant battles, they have come to outnumber the living. As the undead armies mass and march to the beat of an evil necromancers drum, the living citizens of the magic-rich realm must unite and mount a defense before they die and join their enemys ranks.

When Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of one of Sembias oldest and most powerful merchant families, is tricked by an angry wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is dicovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer. But in her anger, she has fogotten one thing: in the world of intrigue and decption, of shadows and lies that is Sembia, nothing is ever what it seems.

He thought it was a game...He thought no one would get hurt...He thought he could trust a tanarukk bandit...He thought he was hired for his skill and cunning...He thought it was just another victim, just another mark...He thought he could do his job without turning the entire city against him... he was wrong.A series that brings to life the people who survive on the fringes and in the shadows of the Forgotten Realms world - The Rogues.

The Priests series makes a great entry point for readers new to the Forgotten Realms setting. This book in the Priests series deals with a valiant shalarin priestess who is trying to save her home and avenge her mothers death. This series is designed to bring new readers into the world of the Forgotten Realms. The books can be read in any order.

The realm of Thay is more war-torn than everbut its surviving citizens are game for one final battle against the evil necromancer Szass Tam The formerly green fields of Thay lie in war-torn ruins and the realms formerly living populace is undead. With the mageocracy in exile, masters of no more than their beaten army, they watch from distant shores as Thay continues to descend into chaos. Meanwhile, the brilliant necromancer-turned-King of Thaythe mastermind behind the civil war that drove the ruling council into exileappears to have gone insane. But rumor soon spreads of a reason behind his erratic behavior: a great magical ritual. As Szass Tam moves forward with his villainous plot, the survivors of the realm must band together to prevent him from destroying not just Thay but the entire world.

In this first adventure in the Year of the Rogue Dragon series, the worlds dragonsboth good and evilsuccumb to a curse that will devastate the realmsRenegade dragon hunter Dorn Graybrook hates dragons with a passion few can believe, let alone match. He has devoted his entire lifea life spent in the twisted body of a half-golemto killing every dragon he can find.You might feel the same way if one of them had killed your entire family in front of your eyes, bitten you in half, and left you for dead.Killing one dragon at a time is hard enough, but when a vicious curse sweeps across the dragons of Faerun, causing the beasts to slip into feral madness, it seems that Dorns time has come. As rage overcomes each and every dragon across the realms, civilizations only hope may lie in the last alliance Dorn and his fellow dragon hunters would ever accept.

The fourth chapter in the Brotherhood of the Griffon epic fantasy saga is a whirlwind tale set in a barbaric land of oracles, nature spirits, and talking animals.Aoth Fezim and his legendary mercenary company have restored their tarnished reputation and attracted new recruits for their depleted ranks. But they still have one big problem: Too many griffon mounts were killed in the battles in Thay Chessenta. If the Brotherhood of the Griffon is to be more than a name, new mounts must be found.As it happens, the masked witches in Rashemen have griffons available to a worthy few who can slay the undead that are committing atrocities throughout the land. Aoth volunteers his band, as do other groups who are in the market for the fighting beasts. But things are not as they seemfor epic battles between rival sellswords, berserkers, nature sprits, talking animals, and aerial skyships abound . . .

Aoth Fezim leads his mercenary company in a fierce battle against a mad dragon king . . . in this second Brotherhood of the Griffon epic fantasy adventure!Aoth and the Brotherhood of the Griffon succeeded in rescuing Tchazzar, the lost king of Chessenta and a formidable red dragon. Upon his return, Tchazzar rewards them greatly, sends them back to the frontlinesand names himself a god. Increasingly erratic in the war against the powerful dracolich, Tchazzar begins to move in ways that make Aoth suspicious that the Brotherhood may be just a pawn in a cutthroat draconic game that puts whole kingdoms at riska game played for a stakes of gold and blood.Whisper of Venom features the return of popular character Aoth and his mercenary band, the Brotherhood of the Griffon, introduced in Richard Lee Byerss trilogy The Haunted Lands.