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In 59 AD, as the Celt horde on Anglesey succumbs to Roman aggression, war goddess Fey grants Lucan Mac Aliester his wish—life. Lucan soon discovers that it is not his Druidic people the bargain elevates, but himself.

20 tales of action, suspense, intrigue and terror set in the Majestic Universe by the author of Nocturnal Vacations and Depths of Savagery. "His dark and primal passion explodes in vicious tales. Likened to the timeless author Robert E. Howard's barbarism, Steven L. Shrewsbury is the reincarnated Howard." -Peggy Jo Shumate aka Brutal Dreamer, Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

"Depths of Savagery is a collection of 13 tales of barbaric heroic fantasy. Through tales involving ancient Celts, Vikings, other-worldly Crusaders, and Confederate Guerillas, the human animal is dissected to the bone..." Click for more info.

Nocturnal Vacations, by Steven L. Shrewsbury. "Dack Shannon, albino agent from secret intelligence cabal Majestic Services, is exiled to a remote locale and dispenses ruthless justice as he sees fit..."

DeathGrip: Legacy of Terror, spanning the globe with tales of ancient horror. "PREORDER NOW! 18 mind-blowing stories by an international cast of authors revolving around the theme of ancient horrors! Shipping October 2003!"

"Herman Melville said it best when he proclaimed that every path eventually leads to the sea. For it is the sea that holds our most sacred and terrifying fears, yet it also holds a glorious mysticism over us as a race, an attraction so strong that most of us flock to beaches, river banks, creeks, and lakes at every opportunity to stare out into the vast blueness and wonder: what's out there?"

"Grimoire de Solace is a dark fantasy anthology by 15 writers, with illustrations by 15 artists. A vast array of stories covers many settings and themes, with elements of horror, romance, mystery, action, and everything in between. A must for readers of the fantasy genre."

"In the world of The Blackest Death things are never what they seem and a trip down a lonely stretch of highway, through the shadow-rooms of a darkened house at the edge of the woods, or through the inhuman imagination might just bring you face to face with your worst possible nightmare come true..."

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"I shall show you the consummating death, which shall be a spur and promise to the living."

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
1883

"We are defeated," Gengar muttered as he leaned on the empty catapult, his once robust body now weakened and diseased.

Tjimin removed a furry headdress and wiped the sweat from his rugged face. Staggering from the combination of fatigue and fever, Tjimin stared beyond Gengar and the vacant catapults toward the walled city of Caffa. "Italian bastards, all safe in there even after years of siege."

Several more Tartar warriors staggered to their leader, walking with a gait of the defeated and the ailing. Using spears as canes, these mighty men walked as if in mud, though the Earth was dry. They all could hear the taunts from those safely in the walled port city situated on the Black Sea. "Shall we withdraw, Tjimin?" one of the sweat covered men asked his leader.

The husky man wiped sweat from his broad brow once again and looked into the faces of his soldiers. Pale, damp, and sporting black splotches, Tjimin knew it didn't matter what order he gave. The only command these men would be able to carry out was FALL. Tjimin then scanned the battlefield behind him and saw the piles of his men in the Crimean grass. All of them dead of the dreaded plague, an affliction those inside Caffa seemed never to worry of. They all fell no matter how much they fought and prayed that such interlopers would leave their soil.

Gengar gestured at the wall and then at the catapults. "Damn, our stores are spent or I'd give them a parting shot."

The Mongolian leader stared at the sentries on the distant walls, listened to their laughter, and then cast his eyes to the vast field of Tartars felled by the plague. Tjimin showed a savage smile, gripped his groin that had swelled to the size of a fruit due to the plague, and said, "Fate has decreed that we must lose this day. But I shall use the judgment of God to slap down fate. We shall use what we have and send them our revenge."

After listening to their leader speak further, a dark, grim smile spread among the men like a fresh illness. With newfound vigor, the fatigued Tartars loaded up their catapults with dead combatants and gave them a chance to be warriors once again. However, in death these Mongolian raiders flew to the city of Caffa and carried the embrace of their brethren.

Thinking the Mongolians mad, those in the Genoa controlled city thought this act a desperate show from disgusting, godless barbarians. What the Italians didn't realize was that when they left the Black Sea they carried home the second wave of the Black Death to all of Europe.

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