Peregrine Writes Dark Fantasy

  Synopsis: In the raucous Tortage tavern "The Salty Barnacle," bard Rafferty Grimes spins an outrageously exaggerated yarn of Conan the Buccaneer, a legendary barbarian whose laugh curdles milk across kingdoms, whose yawn capsizes ships, and who leaps a mile with ease. When an ancient mariner speaks of Tranicos's cosmic hoard, guarded by star-leviathans and ghost armies, Conan embarks on a quest to claim treasures that include jewels from dying suns and a reality-singing harp. Along the way, he rescues the fiery Lady Chabela from sorcerer-kings who seek to unmake existence, forging a union of fire and iron that shakes the very stars. Pursued by rival pirates Zarono and Strombanni, shadow-assassins from pocket dimensions, and the scrying sorcerer Maduro, Conan commands a fleet with sails woven from storm clouds and lightning. Armed with a map etched on a star-beast's still-beating heart and sailing through mists of madness to lands unknown, the Cimmerian buccaneer emb...

  Synopsis: In the frozen city of Grimstrand, Veyra, a betrayed assassin consumed by vengeance after her sister's murder and the destruction of her family by the Silent Hand guild, discovers that the legendary Shard of Night, an artifact of cosmic cold and terrible power, lies within the heavily guarded Temple of Zorathys. To seize it, she forges a dangerous alliance with Lirath, an exiled Hyperborean herbalist with her own grudges against the temple, and infiltrates the sacred compound during the bloody Feast of the Frost Moon using drugged incense and cunning disguises. As she navigates a treacherous web of fanatical priests, ambitious acolytes like the zealot Ysmir, and ice-born horrors, Veyra must survive betrayal, exposure, and the Shard's own soul-warping influence that feeds on grief and twists reality. When her plan erupts into chaos and she claims the artifact at terrible cost, the Shard begins leeching her life force and sanity while drawing the attention of Zorathys...

  Synopsis: In the scorched ruins of Istara, Conan, a fierce Cimmerian mercenary, rescues noblewoman Natala from a brutal siege, pursued by a scarred Kushite warrior into the merciless deserts south of Koth. Guided by Natala's cryptic knowledge of Xuthal, a fabled city of lost dreams, they stumble upon its eerie jade-green walls, pulsing with otherworldly light. Hope turns to dread as Xuthal reveals itself as a trap, alive with sinister will and guarded by a sorrowful force. Joined by Thalis, a cunning Stygian outcast with her own vendetta, they confront Kherm, the city's Dream-Master, whose grief-fueled sorcery binds its dreamers in eternal slumber. As Thog, a cosmic horror from the Outer Dark stirs beneath, Conan's sword, Natala's resolve, and Thalis's forbidden arts are their only hope in a labyrinth of shifting stone and spectral foes. Every step risks unraveling Xuthal's fragile dream, and with it, its horrors. Prologue: The Siege of Istara and the Flight S...