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The Dead Sagas Volume I
Part I : A Ritual of Bone
Only valor and steel can stand against the rising dead
by Lee C. Conley
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Arnar is a land of warriors, its people as stalwart as the stones themselves. In a land of dark forests and ancient hill forts, a forgotten evil is awoken by curious minds.
The Great Histories and the Sagas say nothing of this evil, long passed from the memory of even the studious scholars of the College. For centuries, the scholars of Arnar have kept these records and preserved the knowledge and great deeds of a proud people. The story of these peoples forever chronicled in the Sagas of the Great Histories.
But now the evil spreads and the dead walk in its wake, terrible creatures roam the night and even the spirits are restless. The Dead Sagas could perhaps be the final chapters of these great records.
Many threads entwine to tell this Saga, interweaving the tales of those who played their part in the search for answers and ultimately their fight for survival. Amid plague, invasion and terror, the inexorable rise of the dead sends a kingdom scrabbling to its knees.
This Dark Fantasy Epic combines dark malign horror and gritty survival adventure as the Dead Sagas unfold in a world where honour and renown is all, where beasts and savages lurk in the wilderness, and where sword, axe and shield is all that stands between the living and the grasping hands of the dead.
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Many threads entwine to tell this Saga, interweaving the tales of those who played their part in the search for answers and ultimately their fight for survival. Amid plague, invasion and terror, the inexorable rise of the dead sends a kingdom scrabbling to its knees.
Arnar is a land of warriors, its people as stalwart as the stones themselves. Now, in a land of dark forests and ancient hill forts, a forgotten evil is awoken by the curious minds of the College. The Great Histories and the Sagas say nothing of this evil, long passed from memory, even the studious scholars of the College have no record of this fell darkness.
But now the evil spreads and the dead rise in its wake, terrible creatures roam the night and even the spirits are now restless. The Dead Sagas chronicle what could perhaps be the final chapters of those great records kept at the College, the last testament of the deeds of Arnar.
The Sagas tells of the mysterious Apprentice and of his Masters from the illustrious College as they delve into ancient things best left forgotten. And now, Arnulf and his guardsmen must confront the dead and unravel the riddle of events they find befalling their homelands.
There are other threads that entwine to tell this first volume in The Dead Sagas. In the south, death has come to Arnar from far across the seas. The townsfolk of the capital watch as death spreads amongst them, their only hope a plea to their gods to deliver them from a grisly demise. Meanwhile Bjorn, the famed huntsman, is sent out to find the truth of the rumours spreading throughout the towns of the frontier, rumours of disappearances, rumours of a beast. But what he discovers is much more terrifying than he could have possibly imagined.
This dark fantasy epic combines dark malign horror and epic fantasy adventure, as The Dead Sagas unfold in a world where honour and renown is all, where beasts and savages lurk in the wilderness, and where sword, axe and shield is all that stands between the living and the grasping hands of the dead.
“Only valor and steel can stand against the rising dead”
(Lee C. Conley, July 2018)