Ravine of Blood and Shadow

Here begins the epic saga of the Nameless Dwarf™

The dwarves of the Ravine City have hidden away from the world above for centuries, but their self-imposed exile is about to end.

Ravine Guard Carnac Thayn has always felt there was more to life than humdrum patrols and drinking in the local taverns. His pa says the blood of heroes flows through his veins, but it must have been diluted by beer.

When Carn is called to a murder scene and pursues the assassin, he is flooded with vitality and power. For the first time, he feels fully alive and one step closer to the dwarf he is destined to be.

The murder is no isolated incident. A volume of the city’s chronicles is stolen, mysterious rumblings come from the deep mines, and a troublesome philosopher arrives in a last-ditch attempt to avert the coming catastrophe.

As events spiral out of control, Carn is all that stands between the dwarves and their doom. If it were a matter of prowess with an axe, he might even prevail, but the enemy is more subtle than that, and his weapons are delusion and despair.

Blood will flow in rivers through the ravine.

A name will be forgotten.

A hero will rise.

Or a destroyer.

"Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes."

Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls

"A masterpiece of sword and sorcery storytelling. A visceral yet thoughtful epic."

Bookwraiths Reviews

"One thing that impressed me right from the beginning were the fight scenes."

Black Gate Magazine

"Gripping, violent, and brilliantly choreographed." Smash Dragons

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Ravine of Blood and Shadow

Here begins the epic saga of the Nameless Dwarf™

The dwarves of the Ravine City have hidden away from the world above for centuries, but their self-imposed exile is about to end.

Ravine Guard Carnac Thayn has always felt there was more to life than humdrum patrols and drinking in the local taverns. His pa says the blood of heroes flows through his veins, but it must have been diluted by beer.

When Carn is called to a murder scene and pursues the assassin, he is flooded with vitality and power. For the first time, he feels fully alive and one step closer to the dwarf he is destined to be.

The murder is no isolated incident. A volume of the city’s chronicles is stolen, mysterious rumblings come from the deep mines, and a troublesome philosopher arrives in a last-ditch attempt to avert the coming catastrophe.

As events spiral out of control, Carn is all that stands between the dwarves and their doom. If it were a matter of prowess with an axe, he might even prevail, but the enemy is more subtle than that, and his weapons are delusion and despair.

Blood will flow in rivers through the ravine.

A name will be forgotten.

A hero will rise.

Or a destroyer.

"Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes."

Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls

"A masterpiece of sword and sorcery storytelling. A visceral yet thoughtful epic."

Bookwraiths Reviews

"One thing that impressed me right from the beginning were the fight scenes."

Black Gate Magazine

"Gripping, violent, and brilliantly choreographed." Smash Dragons

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Ravine of Blood and Shadow

Ravine of Blood and Shadow

by Derek Prior
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Overview

Here begins the epic saga of the Nameless Dwarf™

The dwarves of the Ravine City have hidden away from the world above for centuries, but their self-imposed exile is about to end.

Ravine Guard Carnac Thayn has always felt there was more to life than humdrum patrols and drinking in the local taverns. His pa says the blood of heroes flows through his veins, but it must have been diluted by beer.

When Carn is called to a murder scene and pursues the assassin, he is flooded with vitality and power. For the first time, he feels fully alive and one step closer to the dwarf he is destined to be.

The murder is no isolated incident. A volume of the city’s chronicles is stolen, mysterious rumblings come from the deep mines, and a troublesome philosopher arrives in a last-ditch attempt to avert the coming catastrophe.

As events spiral out of control, Carn is all that stands between the dwarves and their doom. If it were a matter of prowess with an axe, he might even prevail, but the enemy is more subtle than that, and his weapons are delusion and despair.

Blood will flow in rivers through the ravine.

A name will be forgotten.

A hero will rise.

Or a destroyer.

"Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes."

Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls

"A masterpiece of sword and sorcery storytelling. A visceral yet thoughtful epic."

Bookwraiths Reviews

"One thing that impressed me right from the beginning were the fight scenes."

Black Gate Magazine

"Gripping, violent, and brilliantly choreographed." Smash Dragons


Product Details

BN ID: 2940155944232
Publisher: Derek Prior
Publication date: 01/15/2019
Series: Annals of the Nameless Dwarf , #1
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 916 KB

About the Author

"Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." Mitchell Hogan

"Like Bernard Cornwell on 'shrooms!" Dinorah Wilson

Internationally bestselling and award winning author Derek Prior excels in fast-paced, high stakes epic fantasy adventure stories in which good ultimately triumphs, but always at a cost.

Taking familiar fantasy tropes as a point of departure, Prior expands upon them to explore friendship, betrayal, loyalty and heroism in worlds where evil is an ever-present reality, magic is both a curse and a blessing, and characters are tempered in battle.

Winner of best fantasy novel 2012 (The Nameless Dwarf: The Complete Chronicles)

Fantasy Faction semifinalist for the SPFBO 2018 (Ravine of Blood and Shadow)

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