Stan Nicholls
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Stan Nicholls has been a full-time writer since 1981. He is the author of many novels and short stories but is best known for the internationally acclamied Orcs:- First Blood series. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Mirror, Time Out, Sight and Sound, Rolling Stone, SFX and Locus among many others. Stan has worked for a number of specialists and generall book shops and was the first manager of the london branch of Forbidden Planet. He currently lives in the West Middlands with his wife, the writer Anne Gay.
This series portrays Orcs in a more noble and intelligent light than most. But fear not, there is plenty of bone-crunching action and bloody conflict in these fast-paced, highly entertaining adventures. This omnibus edition also includes the short story The Taking.
For Stryke and his fellow Orcs, the arrival of men has ruined their world. It is time to fight back. Stryke and his band embark on a quest to recover the five pieces of an artifact that will open the gateway to new worlds where human dominion does not exist. As their search progresses, the are hounded by an evil sorceress, humans and other Orcs, and many of their number die in battle.
Even once they have the complete artifact, the Orcs must still find out how to use it before their enemies catch up with the few that remain. If Stryke and his comrades can survive a series of bloody, cataclysmic confrontations, freedom might just be theirs . . . 720 pages
QuickSliver Trilogy
Quicksilver Twilight: This is final book in the Quicksilver trilogy, set in a world full where magic and society are inextricably intertwined, where the powerful spells control the people, and where one man’s successful quest might ultimately prove his undoing.
Desperate life the curse of immortality and banish the berserk fury and visions that torment him, Reeth Caldason joins a resistance group who offer him access to powerful, ancient magic. But the group is in disarray after being betrayed by one of their own. Now, Reeth is trapped on the Diamond Isle, fending off the pirates that plague the surrounding waters. Despite his romantic entanglement with Serrah, one of the freedom fighters, and his sense of responsibility towards Kutch, a young magician's apprentice, he is determined to continue the search for his cure.
Back on the mainland, Devlor Bastorran remains intent on destroying Reeth. Overshadowing everything is the threat of Zerreiss, the barbarian warlord who uses an enigmatic ability to sweep all before him. The spectre of war looms.
Quicksilver Zenith: Nicholls further cements his reputation as a master of epic fantasy with the second book in his powerful Quicksilver series, set in a war-torn world steeped in magic, adventure and intrigue.
Reeth Caldason, desperately seeking to cure his twin curses, reaches the oppressed island Bhealfa. Here, he becomes involved in a resistance movement and makes a deadly enemy in the process.
Quicksilver Rising: Stan Nicholls, author of the internationally acclaimed Orcs series returns with a powerful new trilogy. This is fantasy on an epic scale, steeped in magic, adventure, political intrigue and a bloody thirst for revenge.
Magic underpins the social order of Bhealfa at every level. But this is a social order that is about to spiral out of control as one man seeks vengeance for his slain people.
website at: www.stannicholls.com.
