Raiding the Hoard of Enchantment

Synopsis

Product Description A new full-length collection of high fantasy by Dave Smeds. A lover spun from moonlight. A wife banished for carrying the child of a demon. A queen, beheaded ten years ago, whose sage counsel may still save the realm. Here are tales of swords, of magic, of romance. And of the struggle to be splendid of heart whether the opponent be within or without. About the Author Dave Smeds is the author of novels, short fiction, comic book scripts, and screenplays. His writing spans several sub-genres of science fiction and fantasy including sword-and-sorcery, hard sf, contemporary fantasy, superhero, martial arts, horror, and erotica. His novels include The Sorcery Within, The Schemes of Dragons, and X-Men: Law of the Jungle. Over a hundred of his stories have appeared in magazines such as Asimov’s Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Pulphouse, Penthouse Hot Talk, and anthologies such as Full Spectrum 4, Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn, Return to Avalon, and over a dozen installments of the Sword & Sorceress series. Some of these works have been collected in the volumes Embracing the Starlight and Raiding the Hoard of Enchantment. Other Vietnam War-related fiction includes “Goats” from In the Field of Fire (Piper in the Night is the novel-length version of this tale), “Short Timer” from F&SF, which was a finalist for the Nebula Award, and “Survivor” from David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible, which was reprinted in Best New Horror 7.James Patrick Cronin is an accomplished audiobook narrator with over 100 titles to his credit. A classically trained stage actor with an MFA from the University of Louisville, he has performed as an actor and a comedian on stages all over the world.