“Do as they say or die in the dungeons,” the poor storekeepers would say. “Do as they say or disappear,” the commoners would warn. But Venir and Melegal could not have cared less what anyone had to say. They had been this way since their childhood. As the underlings rally all of the evil forces they can muster to destroy the mystical and legendary Darkslayer, something unexpected has upset the delicate balance between good and evil on the world called Bish, making the Darkslayer a pawn in other insidious disputes. Strife and turmoil are constant features of life as humans struggle to survive among a wide array of creatures, including orcs, ogres, and the most evil of all—the underlings. When recklessness provokes a Royal household, Venir is forced to flee the city, along with his comrade, the skinny thief Melegal. The Royals and underlings soon unleash some unusual powers against him and start to close in. Facing the final showdown, nothing unfolds as it should.

After tasting defeat at the hands of the mythic Darkslayer, the underling Lords Catten and Verbard are determined to once and for all eliminate this thorn in their side. But they’ll have to wait their turn. After a brutal trip through the Outlands, the brash warrior Venir, aka the Darkslayer, returns to the City of Bone. He quickly has his hands full looking out for his young friends Lefty and Georgio, while also trying to score some easy coin with his old ally Melegal the thief. Along the way, Venir faces threats from the Royal houses of Bone, man-urchins, Shadow Sentries, and two dark figures that he’d left for dead once before. Venir leaves Bone behind, only to run into Jarla, Queen of the Brigands, an old flame who wants him dead. Soon after that the real horror begins, as Catten and Verbard emerge and unleash their worst in the hopes of finally killing the Darkslayer. The Darkslayer Sword and Sorcery series is an epic adventure set in an ingeniously imagined world where bored immortals play with the lives and fates of the unsuspecting beings inhabiting it.

Bish Happens … As Venir struggles to survive the wrath of the underlings, Fogle Boon the wizard and Mood the Blood Ranger continue the search for their missing comrade. But how will they find a man that completely disappeared from Bish without a trace? Back in the City of Bone, Melegal the thief is pushed to the limits under the thumb of the powerful Royal Lord Almen. Tasked with hunting down the Slergs and Almen’s lost son, the half-dead warrior Tonio, Melegal quickly discovers that serving Castle Almen - despite its many pleasures - is more than he can bear, especially when the creepy cleric Sefron is watching his every move. Can the crafty rogue survive much longer without his closest comrade there to back him up? Kam the mage has her hands full back in the Magi Roost as Lefty Lightfoot and the ever-hungry boy Georgio are growing up too quickly. When a simple skim leads them into a run-in with the local thieves' guild, all of their lives will never be the same. Will they be able to survive without the man that brought them together?

As Venir wanders aimlessly through the Mist trying to find his way home, the Underlings, led by Lord Verbard and Master Sinway's son Kierway, hatch an underling assault on Bish. Meanwhile, back in the City of Three, Kam has her hands full with her new baby, as well as keeping tabs on Lefty and Georgio, whose friendship is splitting apart. Palos, the Prince of the Thieves Guild, has it in for Kam, and he won’t let anyone stop him from getting what he wants, which is her. Detective Melegal remains neck deep in Royal Games, trying to hunt down the Slergs, who have Venir’s son Brak in tow, as well as trying to enact his own personal vengeance on the Cleric Sefron. Mood the Blood Ranger and Fogle Boon have traveled deep into the bitter cold of the Nameless Mountains in hopes of finding a druid that can provide a cure for the dying two-headed dog, Chongo. But the mountains are full of dangers and surprises that even the brilliant mind of the mage Fogle Boon could never have anticipated.

Outrage ... Venir is pushed to his limits in the Outlands: battling underlings and trying to find a way to staunch the underling armies that are quickly spreading from one corner of Bish to the other. Detective Melegal, struggling to get his life back under control, finds himself with more responsibility that he ever asked for. Not only does his life hang in the balance, but the fate of many others as well. Will his actions save them or spell doom for them all? Kam, Erin and Lefty remain prisoners under Prince Palos’s watchful eyes. After Lefty Lightfoot’s betrayal, Kam is on her own. She needs an ally, but honest people are hard to come by in The Nest. Is there anyone willing to ally themselves with the woman mage? Underling Lord Verbard has begun his siege on the City of Bone, but Master Kierway is a thorn in his side. Can the powerful mage Lord pull off the unthinkable? Fogle Boon, Cass and Mood battle for their very lives as the giants from the Under-Bish continue their invasion.

Is this it? With Venir imprisoned at the Outpost, who will step forward to protect Bish from the rising tide of underlings? Who will save Venir? What about the City of Bone? Have underling Lords Catten, Verbard and Master Kierway taken it over? Kam the mage and Lefty Lightfoot struggle to find a way out of The Nest, but will they need the help of a far more dangerous ally? Detective Melegal survives from one day to the next, only to find himself in one impossible jam after another. Will the keys he acquired spell his freedom or his doom? What about the giants? Is the disfigured Barton an ally or enemy of Fogle Boon? With the entire world being overrun by underlings, will Trinos act? What hand will Scorch, if any, have in all of this? Will another Darkslayer rise amid the chaos?

#1 Amazon Best Seller Epic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery! Don't miss out on this one-of-a-kind fantasy adventure! The bestselling Darkslayer series is a 650,000 word romp through the wastelands of Bish. It features an eye-popping artwork gallery of the villain's and heroes. Fans Tolkiens epic heroes, the likes of R.A. Salvatore's-Drizzt Do' Urden, Frizt Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, David Gemmell's Druss the Legend, Raymond E. Feist's Pug the Wizard, and Robert E. Howard's Conan, delight in The Darkslayer series ... perhaps you will as well. Bish is the land of constant strife and turmoil created by Trinos, a bored immortal. The rise and fall of the blazing suns make the days long and the people disagreeable. Its barren Outlands are as comforting as a bed of thorns as there is little sanctuary to be found in the sweltering forests or the dank caves below the ground. Its caviling cities are overrun with death, greed and corruption, but few complain. It is a place where tempers flare and alliances last as long as a tankard of ale. It is a place where the women are as beautiful as they are scarred and deranged. A place where good doesn't thrive, it endures. It is the land of fight or die. Enter Venir the incorrigible, a fierce warrior, who has been secretly keeping the underling forces at bay for years. He is the Darkslayer, a man possessed by a mantle of power he cannot let go. Enter Melegal the resilient, a crafty rogue, and Venir's reluctant shadow. Enter the underlings, a purely evil race of sadistic killers bent on the destruction of mankind. Enter the humans, a greedy, self-absorbed race of shameless survivors. Enter the orcs, halfling's, dwarves, ogres and other races, some good, some bad, all caught in the maelstrom of treachery and seduction. How will they survive to fight another day? Only Bish knows. This Omnibus contains books 1 thru 6 of The Darkslayer Series 1. Wrath of the Royals (Book 1) Blades in the Night (Book 2) Underling Revenge (Book 3) Danger and the Druid (Book 4) Outrage in the Outlands (Book 5) Chaos at the Castle (Book 6) For more news and anecdotes you can follow him at: Facebook: The Darkslayer Report by Craig Twitter: Craig Halloran thedarkslayer.com Or drop him a line anytime at: craig@thedarkslayer.com Amazon Best Sellers Rank: (Paid in Kindle Store) Top 5: Thrillers & Suspense/Supernatural/Werewolves & Shifters/Vampires Top 10: Dark Fantasy Top 10: Coming of Age Top 15: Sword & Sorcery Top 50: Epic Fantasy Top 100: Genre Fiction Amazon Best Sellers Rank: (Free in Kindle Store) #1 Epic Fantasy #1 Sword & Sorcery #1 Coming of Age #1 Urban #1 Horror #1 Dark Fantasy #1 Genetic Engineering #1 Thrillers/Supernatural/Werewolves & Shifters and Vampires Over 2000 reviews 1000+ 5-Star Reviews