Two Sword of the Gods Novels!

In Book One: Sword of the Gods, Demascus has lived hundreds of lives, and in each one served as an assassin of fate. 

But something's gone wrong with his latest incarnation. Operating with only fragments of his memory and former abilities, the Sword of the Gods must defeat a nemesis whose name he can't even remember.

In Book Two: Spinner of Lies, the ghost of a previous lover haunts Demascus, accusing him of her murder.

To prove his innocence, he must find a stolen portrait containing the trapped soul of a demigod, sending him on a trail that stretches between the Demonweb, Airspur, and an island that appears on no map.

Sword of the Gods "appealed to me on almost every level."

The review by Darrin Drader for Sword of the Gods freshly posted to Amazon put a big smile on my face. 

An excerpt: "Damascus and his friends are characters I'd happily follow for as many books as he cares to write. I'm very much looking forward to Spinner of Lies." 

My familiar response: Yay! 

Find the whole review here -http://www.amazon.com/review/RMHK0PWUN6J9Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004HFRJIA&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=

Demascus and Drizzt

A great new review just came in for Sword of the Gods. One that was quite positive. An excerpt:

I will make my next statement very clear. I know it will upset a few (probably quite a lot), but I am prepared to take the risk:

Demascus should be the next Drizzt Do’Urden.

Bruce Cordell makes an excellent job of creating someone that has something to offer to everyone. As a character, Demascus is full of mystery, excellent personality, approachable, naive enough, vulnerable, strong beyond his own knowledge and very, very likeable.

For the full review, head over to GMsMagazine.com and give it a whirl. It certainly put a smile on my face :-)

Review: http://bit.ly/lxOHOB

Necropolis of the Sword

Sword of the Gods includes a scene where the characters Demascus and Chant (and Riltana) discover a portal to a mysterious destination. Demascus knows his enemy Kalkan has recently fled through the portal.

When Chant and Demascus decide to follow Kalkan, they find a strange new place—the lost necropolis of Khalusk.

The backdrop article I've written provides an excerpt from the novel, some background history, context, and a bit of game mechanics for Khalusk. You can use the information to inspire a few D&D game encounters, or use it as the basis of a longer adventure set in one of the lost places of the Forgotten Realms® setting.

Article: http://bit.ly/khalusk

Complete Back Cover Copy

Check out the complete back cover copy for Sword of the Gods, which doesn't appear on Amazon or in other places marketing the book. Which is a shame, because it's distinctly good:

Demascus wakes up on the cold stone slab of an ancient altar. He doesn't know who he is. he doesn't know where he's from. He doesn't even know his own name until a stranger tells it to him. But someone--or something--wants to kill him. This he knows with the certainty of the grave.

At the same time, a demon from a dead universe, a gift from the Chained God, is freed from its fossilized prison. Its essence takes root in the nightmare reality of the living, sparking a transformation once thought halted by forgotten heroes.

Demascus is the last of those forgotten heroes. He alone knows the havoc that will follow in the demon's wake. And he is all that stands between the light of the world and the phantasmagorical torments of the Abyss.

But Demascus keeps secrets . . . sometimes even from himself.

High Quality JPEG of Sword of the Gods Cover

Want a copy of the wonderfully colorful cover of Sword of the Gods, showing Demascus and the plague demon Murmur?

Then you've come to the right place.

Just click on the photo to the right, and from that screen, download the art. Man, it rocks!