The year is AD 1523 and the island of Rhodes has just fallen to the Turks. Those sailing away in defeat from this captured bastion are members of an anachronistic crusading order called the Knights of St. John -- otherwise known as the Hospitallers. Among the dejected company is a stalwart young knight named Jean Parisot De La Valette. Were it up to him, the order would have defended the island to the bitter end. Forty-two years later, history has repeated itself. The Hospitallers are again besieged by the teeming armies of the relentless Turk. Their tiny island-fortress of Malta is all that stands between the armies of Suleiman and the very heart of Christendom. But this time the scenario is different -- La Valette wears the Grand Master's cape. Behind him stand the knights of his faithful order: men of incredible valor ready to "strike a blow for Christ" and sacrifice their lives to halt the invading Turks at the gates of Europe. What follows is a desperate struggle between East and West, Cross and Koran, faith and despair. Angels in Iron is based on the actual events surrounding the Siege of Malta in 1565. Nicholas C. Prata relates the tale in riveting and graphic prose which brings the extreme heroism of the knights and the unimaginable horror of combat sharply into focus. Prepare yourself for an epic adventure.

Angels in Iron

Literature & Fiction

Prata, Nicholas C.

Contemporary

Evolution Pub & Manufacturing

Good and evil collide head-on in Nick Prata’s latest effort, Dream of Fire. Gripping, surprising, and at times philosophical, Dream of Fire couples the intensity of a modern battle narrative with the intellect of a classical allegory. Prata’s impressive writing skills are on full display as he crafts an epic tale sure to rivet the adventure seeker and enthrall even the most demanding fantasy reader. Following on the heels of his successful debut, Angels in Iron (Evolution Publishing, 1997), Prata’s new offering is a dizzying plunge into the heart of darkness. It follows the bloody exploits of Kerebos Ikar — a merciless, nihilistic warlord whose thirst for carnage and plunder seems without bounds. Kerebos and his Black Legion carve a swath of terror across the desert, until the murderous fiend unexpectedly meets his match in Antiphon al Caliph, the unassuming and unsteady priest of the Order of the White Flame. When these two adversaries square off, what follows is a desperate struggle with apocalyptic consequences.

Dream of Fire

Genre Fiction

Good and evil collide head on in Nick Prata's apocalyptic plunge into the world of Pangaea. Kerebos Ikar, the murderous commander of the ruthless Black Legion, threatens pillage and extermination to any who dare oppose him. But from the holy city of Kwan Aharon rides a lone priest from the Order of the White Flame, armed only with an ancient prophecy about a soldier of hell who becomes an instrument of salvation. Vivid and philosophical, Dream of Fire combines the intensity of a modern fantasy battle narrative with the intellect of classical allegory.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Arx Pub

<p>The year is AD 1523 and the island of Rhodes has just fallen to the Turks. Those sailing away in defeat from this captured bastion are members of an anachronistic crusading order called the Knights of St. John -- otherwise known as the Hospitallers. Among the dejected company is a stalwart young knight named Jean Parisot De La Valette. Were it up to him, the order would have defended the island to the bitter end. Forty-two years later, history has repeated itself. The Hospitallers are again besieged by the teeming armies of the relentless Turk. Their tiny island-fortress of Malta is all that stands between the armies of Suleiman and the very heart of Christendom. But this time the scenario is different -- La Valette wears the Grand Master's cape. Behind him stand the knights of his faithful order: men of incredible valor ready to "strike a blow for Christ" and sacrifice their lives to halt the invading Turks at the gates of Europe. What follows is a desperate struggle between East and West, Cross and Koran, faith and despair. Angels in Iron is based on the actual events surrounding the Siege of Malta in 1565. Nicholas C. Prata relates the tale in riveting and graphic prose which brings the extreme heroism of the knights and the unimaginable horror of combat sharply into focus. Prepare yourself for an epic adventure.</p>

Arx Publishing

Kerebos

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Angels in Iron

Dream of Fire

Dream of Fire

Angels in Iron

Kerebos