{"id":1866,"date":"2019-08-15T17:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/2019\/08\/15\/the-conquerors-shadow-2\/"},"modified":"2019-08-15T17:32:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:32:03","slug":"the-conquerors-shadow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/?p=1866","title":{"rendered":"The Conqueror\u2019s Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
"The<\/a><\/td>\n <\/em>Credits<\/strong>: Sole author.<\/p>\n

Cover art by Larry Rostant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sample:<\/strong> Read the first fifty pages, absolutely free, at Suvudu (the Random House blog site): Click here!<\/a><\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong>: The Conqueror’s Shadow<\/em> is my first published novel that is not part of a pre-existing shared-world property.<\/p>\n

While this book does <\/em>have a sequel forthcoming, entitled The Warlord’s Legacy<\/em>, The Conqueror’s Shadow<\/em> was written so that it can stand alone.<\/p>\n

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Or talk about it on Goodreads.<\/a><\/p>\n

You can click here to read an excerpt of The Conqueror’s Shadow<\/em><\/a>, consisting of the majority of Chapter Six, on the Flames Rising web site.<\/p>\n

They called him the Terror of the East. His past shrouded in mystery, his identity hidden beneath a suit of enchanted black armor and a skull-like helm, Corvis Rebaine carved a bloody path through Imphallion, aided by Davro, a savage ogre, and Seilloah, a witch with a taste for human flesh. No shield or weapon could stop his demon-forged axe. And no magic could match the spells of his demon slave, Khanda.<\/em>Yet just when ultimate victory was in his grasp, Rebaine faltered. His plans of conquest, born from a desire to see Imphallion governed with firmness and honesty, shattered. Amid the chaos of a collapsing army, Rebaine vanished, taking only a single hostage\u2014the young noblewoman Tyannon\u2014to guarantee his escape.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seventeen years later, Rebaine and Tyannon are married, living in obscurity and raising their children, a daughter and a son. Rebaine has put his past behind him, given up his dreams of conquest. Not even news of Audriss\u2014an upstart warlord following Rebaine\u2019s old path of conquest\u2014can stir the retired warrior to action.<\/em><\/p>\n

Until his daughter is assaulted by Audriss\u2019s goons.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, to rescue the country he once tried to conquer, Rebaine once more dons the armor of the Terror of the East and seeks out his former allies. But Davro has become a peaceful farmer. Seilloah has no wish to leave her haunted forest home. And Khanda . . . well, to describe his feelings for his former master as undying hatred would be an understatement.<\/em><\/p>\n

But even if Rebaine can convince his onetime comrades to join him, he faces a greater challenge: Does he dare to reawaken the part of him that gloried in cruelty, blood, and destruction? With the safety of his family at stake, can he dare not to?<\/em><\/p>\n

"The Conqueror’s Shadow<\/strong> is a powerful fantasy, with well drawn heroes and delightfully wicked, yet complicated, villains. Ari Marmell has made his mark in the genre." \u2013Paul S. Kemp, author of The Erevis Cale Trilogy<\/strong><\/p>\n

"The Conqueror\u2019s Shadow<\/strong> offers readers a tale that begins where most stories end and features a most unlikely protagonist.\u00a0 Twists of humor leaven this story of desperate people in dangerous times, as a conqueror discovers that perhaps those who live by the sword are sometimes doomed to face the business end of one.\u00a0 A great mix of character and action." \u2013Robin Hobb, author of Dragon Keeper
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\n"It’s not often that a fantasy starts off with the victorious conqueror of a\u00a0city and a land almost immediately and deliberately vanishing at the height of his victory\u2014but that’s exactly what happens with <\/em>From that decision flows a plot jammed with action, repercussions, a tender love story, and a\u00a0most<\/strong> humorously intriguing conclusion." \u2013L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of the Saga of Recluce<\/strong><\/p>\n

"Superior storytelling and deft dialog make this a top-notch choice." \u2013Library Journal<\/em><\/p>\n

"Ari Marmell has a remarkable flair for the sinister." \u2013Scott Lynch, author of The Lies of Locke Lamora<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}