Stan Nicholls, Author . Eos $14.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-073889-1
Weak characterization undercuts British author Nicholls's otherwise alluring fantasy, the first in a new sword-and-sorcery series with a well-conceived setting. Prince Melyobar, the mad ruler of Bhealfa, a small state caught between two large...
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Stan Nicholls, Author . Eos $13.95 (327p) ISBN 978-0-06-073891-4
In this sluggish, talky sequel to The Covenant Rising
(2005) by British author Nicholls, the swordsman Reeth Caldason still seeks to lift the curse that has made him immortal and prone to violent rages. His quest is complicated when he becomes...
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Stan Nicholls, Author Orbit $14.99 (784p) ISBN 978-0-316-03370-1
This shelf-bending omnibus comprises the first U.S. release of Nicholls's Orcs trilogy (Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest), originally published in the U.K. in 1999 and 2000. When a warband of orcs run afoul of...
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Stan Nicholls, Author Gollancz $14.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-575-06871-1
Humans, those ""rapacious interlopers,"" brought strife and environmental devastation to the ancient land of Maras-Dantia, but the warlike orcs may be its saviors in Stan Nicholls's gory sequel to Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder....
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Stan Nicholls, Author Gollancz $14.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-575-07069-1
For those fantasy readers with a weakness for orcs, Stan Nicholls (Legion of Thunder) delivers Warriors of the Tempest: Orcs First Blood: Book 3. In the Tolkienish world of Maras-Dantia, Stryke and his outlaw band of orcs fight the good fight...
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Stan Nicholls, read by John Lee, Tantor Media, unabridged, 20 CDs, 23.5 hrs., $59.99 ISBN 978-1-4001-1685-0
Sent to fetch a magical relic, Stryke, the Orc captain of the Wolverines, discovers that his band is being hunted not only by his usual enemies (humans, hostile Orc tribes, etc.) but by his queen, Jennesta, the very one who had sent him on the...
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Stan Nicholls and Joe Flood. Roaring Brook/First Second, $17.99 trade paper (204 p) ISBN 978-1-59643-455-4
Spawned from author Nicholls's series of novels featuring the titular creatures, this comes as a real surprise. Coupled with Flood's deceptively simple and clear visual storytelling, the story centers on a troop of Orcs bound in service—or, more...
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