The Legacy of Ogma (The Weapons Trilogy, Book 1)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Rappaport, E A

Fantasy

iUniverse

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<li>"A potent sword and sorcery adventure with a multi-layered plot, brimming with action from cover to cover." - The Midwest Book Review</li>
<li>"A terrific debut! Rappaport creates a wondrous world of adventure and enchantment, with engaging, vividly drawn characters who will hopefully return for many more adventures." - Roy Johansen, Edgar Award-Winning Author of The Answer Man and The Joe Bailey Mystery series</li>
<li>"This book has it all for a fantasy fan!...A reader could not ask for more in a book from this genre than we have in this volume." - Steven McEvoy - Book Reviews and More</li>
</ul>The thief wants riches. The knight wants justice. The warrior wants a good battle. The sorcerer wants power. Each adventurer carries a mysterious crystal sphere that will lead to a long-hidden secret beneath the sea.After the thief, Halia, discovers a crystal sphere magically protected in a crumbling castle, she meets three other adventurers with their own mysterious spheres. Arwold, the knight, bears one on the hilt of his sword. With a sphere already in his possession, the sorcerer Ahriman enlists Xarun, a brutish warrior, to steal another one from the peaceful Arboreals. The four set off on a quest to find the final sphere, assisted by a master elementalist and his apprentices. Along the way, they battle demons, dragons, and one another. And they have no idea what the spheres have planned for them at the end of the journey. The Legacy of Ogma is Book One in Legends of the Four Races, a series of nine high fantasy novels that form an Interlocking Matrix of six separate trilogies. Set in an alternate world filled with creatures both familiar and bizarre, each story in Legends of the Four Races is packed with action, adventure, mystery, and excitement. The Legacy of Ogma is the first book of The Weapons Trilogy and the first book of The Betrayal Trilogy.

The Legacy of Ogma (Legends of the Four Races)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Owl King Publishing

After a supposedly mythical race of desert warriors invades the human territories and destroys every city in its path, five former enemies must travel together into the netherworld and harness the unpredictable power of demons to defeat the seemingly invincible army. An unrelenting army of Ferfolk, a supposedly mythical race of desert warriors, sweeps in from the badlands and wipes out every human city in its path. Hermod, a long-retired military commander, escapes the destruction and gathers emissaries from neighboring kingdoms, all of them recent enemies. Together, they must find a way to defeat the Ferfolk's overwhelming numbers, superior swordsmanship, and monstrous desert beasts. Legendary wizard Ogma sends the brave heroes into a demon-filled netherworld on a desperate quest to create a set of magical weapons powerful enough to stop the invasion. But enchanted weapons sometimes have agendas of their own. Forging Paradise is Book Two in Legends of the Four Races, a series of nine high fantasy novels that form an Interlocking Matrix of six separate trilogies. Forging Paradise may be read on its own, as the second book of The Weapons Trilogy, or as the first book of The War Trilogy.

Forging Paradise (Legends of the Four Races)

"... an exciting work of fantasy, very much worth considering..." - The Midwest Book ReviewAbandoned and betrayed as a child, Halia seeks revenge. Frustrated by his limited abilities, Oswynn seeks powerful magic. The paths of the thief and apprentice cross when battling an eruption of dangerous half-breed creatures that might destroy an entire kingdom.Halia seeks revenge against the Terun thief who taught her to steal when she was a child and then framed her for his crimes. But her personal vendetta is sidetracked when her friend, the hapless apprentice Oswynn, accidentally releases thousands of dangerous creatures from a mystical prison. One of them, a vicious half-dragon, conspires with Halia's archenemy to create the ultimate army of bizarre crossbreeds, including flying sabertooths and stone-skinned wolves. Despite lies and betrayals, Halia must find allies on a cursed island to help her defeat the legions of unearthly beasts before they destroy civilization.Secrets of the Undercity is Book Four in Legends of the Four Races, a series of nine high fantasy novels that form an Interlocking Matrix of six separate trilogies. Secrets of the Undercity may be read on its own, as the first book of The Transmuter Trilogy, or as the second book of The Betrayal Trilogy.

Secrets of the Undercity (Legends of the Four Races)

Mysterious fires fan an ancient grudge between the Arboreals and the Ferfolk, pushing lifelong enemies toward a devastating war. Two young strangers overcome their mistrust of each other and uncover the real force intending to ravage the land Arboreals and Ferfolk have been enemies for a thousand years, so when an Arboreal wizard dies in a mysterious fire fueled by unnatural green flames, his neighbors are quick to assign the blame and prepare for war. But the wizard's inquisitive apprentice is not convinced. Jarlen sets out to discover who really killed his master and meets Tyraz, an obstinate Ferfolk warrior investigating similar attacks against his town. Working together, the two inexperienced adversaries must overcome their mistrust of each other and expose the hidden evil behind the magical flames-an ancient spirit with a grudge of its own.

Shadow from the Past (Legends of the Four Races)

"... an exciting action adventure fantasy, worth considering for genre fans..." - The Midwest Book Review Villagers and animals are mysteriously disappearing from the coastal towns of the Cold Sea. The only ones who can restore peace are a necromancer, obsessed with bones and death, and a cunning thief who only cares about protecting his gold. The lifelong bandit, Senfra, does not care about anyone or anything except a good night at the pub, certainly not about the people and animals rumored to be disappearing from the Cold Sea coast. But when his gang rebels and steals his fortune, he finds himself on the Cursed Island, surrounded by dangerous crossbreeds. Senfra's only possible ally is Toth, a necromancer reviled by society because of his fascination with bones and death. The two must learn to trust each other while confronting a master transmuter who has been creating an army of unearthly abominations by combining animals, humans, and objects. The Lesser Evil is Book Five in Legends of the Four Races, a series of nine high fantasy novels that form an Interlocking Matrix of six separate trilogies. The Lesser Evil may be read on its own, as the second book of The Transmuter Trilogy or as the second book of The War Trilogy.

The Lesser Evil (Legends of the Four Races)

After a massive earthquake devastates the land, an evil spirit, trapped within a volcano for centuries, escapes its fiery prison with a vow to destroy all life. Jarlen, an unconventional Arboreal wizard, along with Tyraz, a Ferfolk warrior, and Chara, the last of the humans, track the ancient spirit from a cursed island in the north to the barren wastelands of the west, discovering its ability to combine living creatures with the dead. But their respective communities underestimate the danger, forcing the friends to stop the powerful creature before there is nothing left to save. Lyche is Book Six in Legends of the Four Races, a series of nine high fantasy novels that form an Interlocking Matrix of six separate trilogies. Lyche may be read on its own, as the third book of The Transmuter Trilogy, or as the second book of The Necromancer Trilogy.

Lyche (Legends of the Four Races)

In a land ravaged by the awesome forces of nature, where homes and families are ripped apart by the winds and water of massive tsunamis and terrible earthquakes, a hero rises over the gale.Toth, the powerful necromancer, has convinced the suffering realm that the devastation has been brought on by warring demon princes who reign over the netherworld. In an effort to cease the fighting and restore balance to the universe, the legendary knight, Hermod, has been summoned to undertake the great task of ending the war. With an unlikely band of wizards and bandits by his side, Hermod begins the dangerous journey into the netherworld, with the fate of the world on his shoulders.Vibrant, enthralling, and infused with the gravity of a world thrown into chaos, Whence Chaos Born is an epic tale of darkness, power, and the price of princely ambition. Whence Chaos Born is Book Eight in Legends of the Four Races, a series of nine high fantasy novels that form an Interlocking Matrix of six separate trilogies. Whence Chaos Born may be read on its own, as the second book of The Netherworld Trilogy, or as the third book of The War Trilogy.

Whence Chaos Born (Legends of the Four Races)

Victoria, a teenager with the unique ability to make inanimate objects come to life temporarily, has moved to a new town, where she begins high school hoping to join the popular crowd. Unfortunately, making friends is difficult for someone so different from others, especially when she is keeping a secret about her seemingly normal home life.\nA lifelong resident of Orange, Connecticut, E. A. Rappaport graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He coined the term Interlocking Matrix to describe his fantasy/adventure series, Legends of the Four Races, a set of nine interconnected books forming six distinct trilogies. The second book in the series, Forging Paradise, received the Silver medal in the Science Fiction and Fantasy category of Foreword Magazine’s 2008 Book of the Year Awards. Faux Life is his tenth novel.

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