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During the Dark Ages of Korovia the forces of Xarsius, the dark god of bloodlust, sought to capture an Obliteration Stone from Quinias, a subcontinent far to the south, but the frost giantess Vowyeena found the Quinian artifact first. Worried that it might fall into Xarsian hands, she hid the Obliteration Stone in her tomb and entrusted the knowledge of it to a chosen few who were sworn to keep it safe. But the Xarsians never stopped looking for it... Millennia later Good King Margus has been murdered. Assassinated while many of the palace guards had the night off to watch a boxing match ...

Between ancient stones, a portal waits, Whispers of time in the wind it creates, Megalithic marvels, where pasts meets fates, In cyclical rhythms, its power oscillates.Twin sisters Tilda and Marta have no choice but to journey into the Sacred Portal in order to save their village, along with their dire wolf companion, Vanha Hampa, in order to do the unthinkable: To change history. But changing history doesn't come without consequences, and their own paradoxes. A short story in the Chronicles of Korovia series. Learn more about Korovia by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com.

A Bogatyr knight who dabbles in magic encounters strange magical phenomenon, unusual creatures (both living and undead), and the sometimes mean spirited humans, elves and other humanoids who live in the kingdom of Korovia. This Anthology Collection of eight pieces of short fiction from "The Adventures of the Bogatyr" series includes the following: The Bogatyr & the Cursed Inn Dark Shadows in the Moonlight The Bogatyr & the Rusalka's Lament The Bogatyr & the Gentle Giant A Bag of Silver, A Bag of Bones The She-Wolf or Eraska The Midnight Dragon The Bogatyr & the Cursed ParcelPlus several ...

BOOK THREE OF THE LILITH BLOODSTONE SERIES. Anthology of 3 short stories from the Lilith Bloodstone Series by Charles Moffat: "The Emissary of Darkness" + "The Astral Plane" + "Out for Blood". In the Holy City of Kost at the south-east corner of the Korovian Sea is the Academy of Arcane where many young pupils in the disciplines of magic choose to train. Lilith Bloodstone is a young necromancer who seeks to use necromantic magic to help people, but necromancy has a foul reputation and while her motives are pure she faces many challenges and adventures. In Book III the young Lilith has ...

The Atchafalaya Basin is a home to giants. Alligators, boars and other strange things that an unwary traveler may fall prey to when traversing the swamp alone. Such foul creatures stalk the waterways and pockets of dry land, shrouded by ancient trees that survive amongst the muck, that only a fool would travel through such a place on foot. Let alone late at night. The sucking sound of mud on boots added to the deluge of noises in the twilight of the swamp. A narrow path made its way through the swamp, but the man from Salem, Massachusetts, was unbothered by the noises or the fading light of...

Yasmeena is an immigrant who works at her father's boxing gym. When the city of Toronto is targeted by a group of white nationalists who take hostages inside the CN Tower and conduct terrorist attacks across the city she ends up being at the right place at the right time. Becoming a vigilante was never her plan, but as the terrorists continue to conduct attacks and assassinations she ends up in a fight for survival and has only her boxing skills to help her and her family survive. A coming of age story of a would-be superhero. Learn more about Charles Moffat and his writing at amazon.com/...

Tahira, Wulfric's great love, is dead and the barbarian from Korovia decides to strike out on his own. His journey brings him to a Quinian trading post on the coast of Al-Kazar... But what he encounters there however is black magic and 'Black Monoliths of Al-Kazar'. Forced into slavery Wulfric the Wanderer must unlock his own rage within the dark abyss of his soul.

Wrathgar has decided to wait out the harsh Korovian winter in an inn south of Oraknev, home to legendary hot springs said to have healing properties. But not everything at the hot springs are as they seem. First one of the guests is mysteriously murdered and the bite marks suggest they were mauled by some kind of large wolf. Dark forces are at work at the hot springs and the other people staying at the inn to wait out the winter are in for more danger than they bargained for at a place that is supposed to increase your longevity. With bow and arrow, Wrathgar and others set out to kill the ...

Following a hunch, Wulfric the Wanderer has arrived in the port city of Koastmark which is currently plagued by the Xarsian Pox. After determining his hunch was false, he is determined to leave but his plans go awry when a fire scarred wizard, an undead highwayman, and a cursed cutlass decide to get in his way... A Sword & Sorcery short story. Learn more about the author by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com.

The elderly thief Piotr has been accused of murdering a local exorcist in the mining town of Kazark, but he needs help to prove his innocence. With few options, he tells his apprentice Grigori to contact Wrathgar, a wandering barbarian from the Snowfell Mountains and convince him to help Piotr. Fortunately, the barbarian remembers Piotr from the time they stayed in the same inn during the winter. Together with the young thief Grigori, Wrathgar needs to find the real murderer: A Xarsian priest who is looking for the exorcist's dagger. But Wrathgar isn't the only one looking for the Xarsian ...

Captured in battle, Wulfric the Wanderer's shame is soon realized to be another twist of fate as he was not the only great warrior captured and taken to the slaver city of Laztek. Forced to fight predators, mighty warriors and powerful mystics in the arena, the time traveler seeks a way to escape - and possibly to escape his fate. But the leaders of Laztek who rule in both the arena and in the city beyond will not be easy to defeat. They are not mere dabblers in dark magic, but masters of it. Learn more about Wulfric the Wanderer by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com or browsing amazon.com/...

'Blizzards' specialize in ice magic (cryomancy) and have undergone a transformation that turns their skin blue. They become immune to the cold, but vulnerable to fire, and their cryomancy magic is enhanced dramatically. They are also very rare as only the toughest wizards can survive the magical transformation without dying... The hunter and tracker Wrathgar knows little of wizards and their ways, but when an elderly Blizzard approaches him and asks him to track down his missing daughter and bring her home he agrees to the task knowing little of what lies ahead. What he doesn't know is that...

Wulfric has grown weary of hunting in the Snowfell Mountains of Korovia and decides to head south, looking for danger and adventure. What he finds however is a portal that takes him back in time to when legendary warriors walked the land, and when great dragons ate warriors like himself as a snack. The legendary origin story of Sword and Sorcery hero Wulfric the Wanderer. Visit fiction.charlesmoffat.com/korovia/ to learn more about the land of Korovia and other books by Charles Moffat.

Wulfric the Wanderer has traveled back in time to Korovia's Stone Age, when it is on the cusp of the Bronze Age. He has earned the trust and respect of the chieftain Ko Margus, and Wulfric has accepted that he is somehow destined to be trapped in this time period for the time being. But trouble is afoot. The priest of the tribe doesn't trust him and is growing suspicious. Worse, the tribe is being splintered between those who worship the tribe's horse god and a cult within their ranks of those who worship a she-bear goddess. When the tribe finds megalithic carvings of bears in the side of a...

The sleepy farming village of Millkrest has been attacked and their virgin priestess has been abducted, presumably to be sacrificed to the foul god Masexus at a shrine deep in the woods east of the village. The barbarian Wrathgar teams up with the wizard Soljargon, the half-elf priestess Helene, the skilled elf archer Gyburn, and the halfling sneak-thief Kaeto in order to rescue her. If sacrificed her life-force will be used to summon a demon prince... But they are heavily outnumbered and teamwork is not their strong suit, and Wrathgar has been forced into a leadership role when he has no ...

Wrathgar and Soljargon are venturing south towards the capital city of Oraknev and are hired by a group of four gnomes to help them navigate through a flooded swamp in order to create a new trade route. The gnomes suspect the region is now populated with snake worshipers who follow the snake god Set, but much worse than snakes now populates this forbidding trek of swampy land. When they arrive at a castle sunken into the swamp they decide to make camp for night... And then things go from bad to worse. Part of The Adventures of Wrathgar series of novels and short stories. Visit ...

The stranger arrived in the village leading a dying injured horse. The village was nameless, a collection of huts and stone buildings surrounded by the dense trees of an endless forest. The bedraggled people stared out of their hovels at the strange man with his injured horse, many a greedy eye on both of them. The look of desperation in their eyes was also one of hopelessness. These people had seen dark times and had taken to living in the woods to avoid the darkness enveloping much of the world. The stallion was a dark grey roan and its flanks were speckled with injuries from arrows, ...

An omnibus anthology collection of 9 short stories of dark fantasy featuring Lilith Bloodstone, an intrepid young wizard who works to rid the world of undead and demons by hunting them down one by one. Included in this volume are: The Black Rose, Rise of the Red Moon, The Baby & the Village, One to be Reckoned With, The Night of the Dead, On Death's Door, The Emissary of Darkness, The Astral Plane, & Out for Blood. Learn more about the Lilith Bloodstone series by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com.

The Bogatyr knight learns of a giant that is blocking a mountain pass, but when he investigates he learns that Ratatuskrs (giant rats the size of wolves with incisors the size of boar tusks) might actually be the bigger threat... "The Adventures of the Bogatyr" is a series of short stories, novelettes and novellas, telling the tales of a wandering Bogatyr knight who encounters strange magical phenomenon, unusual creatures (both living and undead), and the sometimes mean spirited humans, elves and other humanoids who live in the kingdom of Korovia. Learn more about the kingdom of Korovia by ...

A mysterious wolfhound is found on the banks of the Dangarn River, north of the tiny village of Dangarn. The dog's injuries are profound, but he makes a rapid recovery and his incredible intelligence belies a mystery surrounding his origins. Wild beasts and orc raiders roam the woods to the north, underlying the fears of the villagers that something more sinister lurks in the woods to the north. Set in the world of Korovia. For more information visit fiction.charlesmoffat.com/korovia/