The greatest of monster hunters forms an unlikely alliance with the greatest of warlocks to hunt down the creatures that neither of them is equipped to go after alone. Their world is one of heroic fantasy, with dragons, vampires, elves, faeries, werewolves, gnomes, and more. Alliances are always tenuous. The warlock, the hunter, and their band of groupies embarking together on their quest, are no exception. But they must unite against a peril far worse than any nightmares they have of each other. *** Other fantasy action-thrillers with a sense of humor by the author: BLOOD BROTHERS FRANKENSTEIN REBORN FRANKENSTEIN REVILED FRANKENSTEIN REAWAKENED
DIV When a voodoo priest bewitches Sand’s beloved, the samurai goes on the warpath Black magic orgies. Human sacrifices. Necrophilia. These are just a few of Augustus Janicot’s special skills. This charismatic sadist has built a formidable following, convincing politicians across Europe that his voodoo ritual can win them office. When they consent to his bloody rites, he films them, and uses the footage for blackmail. On the verge of obtaining unlimited power, the Warlock is about to make a fatal mistake. Janicot’s next target is in Vietnam, and for Robert Sand, this is too close to home. An American trained in the ways of the samurai, Sand fears for the safety of Toki Jakata, the granddaughter of his late samurai master and the only woman he has ever loved. Sand has never been able to win Toki’s heart, but he will do anything to keep Janicot from pulling it out of her chest. /div
Erica had never thought of herself as the adventurous type. She usually went out of her way to avoid anything outside her normal routine. At sixteen, she certainly had no desire to be a hero. That all changed when she met Christopher. She suddenly found herself in that very role as she tried to help a friend. She discovers the true strength of her spirit and willpower, while facing the greatest evil in the magic world… “All I can see is a little girl prancing around where she does not belong. What ever magic is protecting you, it will not stop this.” She pointed the wand at Erica again. This time a blue light flared from its end. The light pushed Erica backwards. This time, as it did, everything grew dark. She hit with a hard thud. As she looked around, she realized she was in a dungeon prison cell. There was a small amount of light coming from torches on the walls outside of her cell. As she stood, she realized her back was hurt and it was quite painful. What a fine mess she had gotten herself into.
A child is exiled from his hometown of Nosessica by a jealous and powerful town elder. The child is alone in the wide world, losing his family and his best friend, and sets out to fulfill a destiny set in motion generations before his own birth. The young wanderer is guided by a benevolent teacher and explores not only the physical world in which he lives, but also delves deep into other realms and discovers that all is not what it seems. He learns and develops skills beyond anything he could have hoped or imagined but realizes that these gifts are needed to deliver peace to the world. He not only discovers the value of his own life in the unfolding of the universe, he discovers the value of all life and what lays beyond for those pure of heart and innocent in deed. The Warlock Name by Thomas Sweet is an epic tale of discovery of one child – a discovery of himself, his powers and the future of two worlds, one on the verge of creation and the other on the verge of destruction. Against all odds, the child finds peace, goodness and light in a world fraught with darkness and jealousy.
AT LAST, THE UNTOLD ADVENTURES OF THE WARLOCK'S FAITHFUL CYBERNETIC STEED! Fess, Rod Gallowglass's faithful cybernetic stallion, has had a long life and many grand adventures. But what about the masters he served before Rod Gallowglass? What about the young, spoiled joyrider? Or the revolutionary hero? Or the crew of a pirate ship? Over the hundreds of years its been operating, the epileptic robot has served masters selfless and selfish, sensible and senseless, from frontiersmen to fugitives, prospectors to patriarchs. Now the Gallowglass children are about to hear the truth... straight from the horse's mouth!
Kellory -- the last of the Black Wolves, sole descendant of the Lost Kings of Illyrion. His fighting arm maimed, his homeland stolen, his tribe mercilessly slaughtered by the dread Thungoda Horde, he seeks revenge with the only weapon left to him -- sorcery. But the secret arts of witchcraft are not easily surrendered by the Brotherhood of Darkness... Across the Sea of Sand, with its plethora of terrifying spells and whispering spirits of the night, Kellory seeks the Grimoire of Yaohim -- the Book of Shadows -- for only within its enigmatic pages will he find the sacred magic that will vanquish his enemies, if he can decipher its mystery before it's too late...
The four black books of the wizarding world are hidden in a library, yet they knew where their loyalty lay. Bobby Black and his family of wizards have ‘tamed’ the living books to reveal to them their contents and their meanings. But the war of the wizards in Great Britain made an abrupt change to Bobby’s plan, they, together with his house of wizards, were defeated. His decision was to leave his country for a while and to go to the South of the globe – to Southeast Asia. There his group encountered the Snake of the Old World – Lucifer himself – and they battled the devils for possession of a great deposit of treasures in Solotov Cave, half of which were left by the British in Southeast Asia in the 18th Century.
In The Warlocks Daughters, a man late in life passes on his arcane secrets to his daughters and their friends, then he sends them out on an eternal mission to clean up mankind. His oldest daughter is eventually allowed to meet Lucifer and sojourns in hell.
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