"Dennis L. McKiernan - Hell's Crucible 1 - Into the Forge" - читать интересную книгу автора (McKiernan Dennis L)

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A fell and ancient sorcery has thrust the kingdoms surrounding the
mighty Grimwall mountains into battle with farces of great evil. When Tip
and Beau, two Warrows from the village of Twoforks try to save a
mortally wounded soldier, they inherit vital mission. The dying
swordsman gives them a simple copper coin and a cryptic message:
"Take the coin east to Agron, and warn all."

But the Hast holds terrors beyond Anything Tip and Beau have ever
known. Modru, the Black Mage, has begun his violent reign over the
Free Folk—and unleashed his army of deadly emissaries on the young
Warrows. Now Tip and Beau's mysterious quest has become a matter
of life and death. For their momentous arrival in Agron will Signal a war
that threatens to destroy worlds far beyond their beloved Mithgar...

"Some of the Finest Imaginative Action."

—Columbus Dispatch


PRAISE FOR DENNIS L. McKIERNAN


"McKiernan brews magic with an insightful blend of laughter, tears,
and high courage."
—Janny Wurts, author of Curse of the Mistwraith


"McKieman's narratives have heart and fire and drive. His images
and characters bring the power of the archetypes to his exciting
adventure stories."
—Katherine Kerr, author of Days of Blood and Fire


"Heroic fantasy on the grandest possible scale."
—Susan Schwartz, author of The Grail of Hearts


"Romance and disaster and plenty of magic— everything that makes
a good, old-fashioned adventure story."
 —Kate Elliot, author of Jaran


"Once McKieman's got you, he never lets you go."
—Jennifer Roberson