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The Sword Chronicles
Series · 3 books · 2015-2019

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#1

The Sword Chronicles

Child of the Empire

2015

A Top 100 Overall Bestseller in the Kindle Store! She is a Dog - one of the many children and teens across the empire of Ansborn who have been sentenced to fight in the arenas. There they fight in battle after battle until they die for the sport of the people of Ansborn - an empire built atop the peaks of five mountains. But one day she picks up a knife... and everything changes. "[A] thoroughly amazing experience." - My SF Reviews She discovers she is a Greater Gift - one of a handful of magic users with powers so great they have only two to join the Empire as one of its premier assassins, or die as a threat to the Empire itself. "[A]n excellent story, with well developed characters..." - Making It Happen reviews." She is no longer a Dog. Now, she is Sword. And she will soon realize that in this Empire, not all is what it seems. Good and evil collide, and she can never be sure whom to trust - not even herself. "A great book..." - Game Industry News She holds life in her hands for some. Brings death by her blade to others. She is a killer. She is a savior. She is Sword. "Epic fantasy meets superheroes, with lots of action and great characters. The Sword Chronicles is dark yet hopeful, and very entertaining. Collings is a great storyteller." - Larry Correia, New York Times bestselling author of Son of the Black Sword Fans of Sanderson, Jordan, Feist, and more will thrill to the adventures of a land unlike any you've ever seen. Tap the link and grab your copy of The Sword Chronicles now!
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#2

The Sword Chronicles

Child of Sorrows

2016

BOOK 2 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES! Sword thought it was over. She thought that when she killed the Chancellor and ended the corrupt reign of the Emperor, that everything would get better. That the suffering would end in Ansborn. That the people would be free. But now a new terror has been born. A trio of warriors who live only for vengeance, who know only hate, have set their sights on Sword and on those she holds dear. They are powerful, they are deadly, and they are impossible to kill. And worst of all, they are but harbingers of what is to come. Because after a thousand years, the unknown enemy that lies below the mountains of Ansborn is at last on the move. And it is coming for them all. Death from among them. Death from below. And only one person – one Sword – has any chance of stopping it. Fans of Sanderson, Jordan, Feist, and more will thrill to the adventures of a land unlike any you've ever seen. Tap the link and grab your copy of The Sword Chronicles now!
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#3

The Sword Chronicles

Child of Ash

2019

\\\*Her friends are gone. Ansborn is dying. And there is only one place Sword can to the Gods.Planning to destroy those responsible for the deaths of her friends and the destruction of Ansborn, Sword will descend into a world unlike any she has ever known. Aided by the two most dangerous enemies she has ever faced, she will climb below the clouds that have hidden Ansborn from the world for a thousand years. And she will kill anyone and anything she finds.But Sword does not know the that Ansborn is a construct of a great nation that passed away a thousand years before she was born. That the world she knew is a vast experiment; a second chance for a lost race.Sword is about to face the greatest enemy she has yet encountered. An enemy that has lived for countless generations. An enemy that has destroyed all who dared challenge it. An enemy that Sword must defeat; for she is the last hope of Ansborn, and of every living person.She is Sword, and only she . . . can save the world.

Author

Michaelbrent Collings
Michaelbrent Collings
Author · 45 books

One of the most versatile writers around, Michaelbrent Collings is an internationally bestselling novelist, produced screenwriter, and multiple Bram Stoker Award finalist. While he is best known for horror (and is one of the most successful indie horror authors in the United States), he has also written bestselling thriller, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, humor, young adult, and middle grade works, and Western Romance. In addition to being a bestselling novelist, Michaelbrent has also received critical acclaim: he is the only person who has ever been a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award, a Dragon Award, a RONE Award, and a Whitney award: and he and his work have been reviewed and/or featured on everything from Publishers Weekly to Scream Magazine to NPR. He is also a frequent guest at comic cons and on writing podcasts like Six Figure Authors, The Creative Penn, and Writing Excuses. Find more about him at his website, WrittenInsomnia.com, or sign up for his mailing list (and get a free book!) at http://writteninsomnia.com/michaelbre....

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