{"product_id":"2940016023083","title":"The Nameless Dwarf (The Complete Chronicles)","description":"The dwarves have gone!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands have been slaughtered in the blood-drenched streets of their ravine city by one of their own wielding a demonic axe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe survivors have fled beyond the mountains, heading into a realm haunted by the nightmares of a twisted god.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Nils Fargin, son of an underworld boss, is hired to find them, he travels with his client to seek the advice of a lowlife mage. With what he learns, he should have asked for more money.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trail leads them to the domain of the terrifying Ant-Man, who is rumored to eat the flesh of anyone refusing to pay his toll. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as if that wasn’t enough, it turns out Nils’s client is none other than the Nameless Dwarf, better known to his kind as the Ravine Butcher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nameless Dwarf is an epic tale of remorse and redemption that pits a whiskerless thief, a guilt-driven assassin, a consumptive wizard, and an amnesiac dwarf against the worst imaginings of a craven mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the companions bring troubles of their own, not least of which is an ancient grimoire that leads them inexorably towards a forest of tar and an evil that threatens the existence of an entire race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last hope of the dwarves comes from the unlikeliest of sources: a mythical city beneath the waves, an axe from the age of heroes, and the Nameless Dwarf, in whose veins flows the blood of legends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nameless Dwarf: The Complete Chronicles contains all five books of the Chronicles of the Nameless Dwarf, fully revised and including all the original covers and a stunning map of Aethir. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePriced individually, these books cost:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ant-Man of Malfen - $0.99\u003cbr\u003eThe Axe of the Dwarf Lords - $2.99\u003cbr\u003eThe Scout and the Serpent - $2.99\u003cbr\u003eThe Ebon Staff - $2.99\u003cbr\u003eBane of the Liche Lord - $3.99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy buying The Nameless Dwarf you get all 5 books for $5.99, which represents a saving of $7.96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBackground:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was against the laws of the dwarves to act in the world beyond their city, to study the old texts, or to enter the underworld—and with good reason. The deceptions of the Demiurgos, Father of the Abyss, are everywhere, and once before they brought betrayal and death on a scale that must never be repeated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen they are accosted by one of their own with a demonic axe found on the brink of the Abyss, drastic measures are needed. The link between axe and wielder is broken by a helm of scarolite, and the lawbreaker is held in stasis in the bowels of the Ravine City, Arx Gravis. To complete his shame, his name is taken from him, permanently removed from history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen this Nameless Dwarf is awakened by the voice of the knight, Deacon Shader, he becomes embroiled in the battles against the unweaving of all creation by the technocrat, Sektis Gandaw. He later partakes in a quest to find three artifacts with which to shatter the lingering power of the black axe and free himself from the scarolite helm. Too late, it is revealed as a trap laid by the Demiurgos and his spawn, the homunculi, and the Nameless Dwarf returns to Arx Gravis as a brutal dictator, slaughtering his kin by the thousands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, his tyrannical rule is brought to an end by his closest friend, the assassin Shadrak the Unseen. With the axe destroyed and the scarolite helm broken, the Nameless Dwarf realizes the magnitude of his atrocities. A mere few hundred dwarves have survived his reign of terror, and they have fled Arx Gravis in fear of what he might do next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearing rumors that they have headed into the nightmare land of Qlippoth, where they will surely face extinction, the Nameless Dwarf hires the son of a New Jerusalem guild boss to help him find them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What reviewers are saying:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... so excellent, so Fafhrd and the Mouser type good - you remember those stories by Fritz Lieber, that you have to read at least three of these Nameless Dwarf stories to appreciate how absolutely fantastic they are.\" - Pinky Mo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... it just doesn't get any better that this.\" - Ray Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"D.P. has established a fan for life in me\" - Scott Poe","brand":"Homunculus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071138185456,"sku":"2940016023083","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016023083_p0.jpg?v=1763627700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016023083","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}