The Silent Man Called (a sword & sorcery novel available free as PDF file)
Sadly, the twin brothers Renik (a shipmaster) and
Kollen (a smuggler) do not quite get along. No
coincidence, for they are the shadows cast forward from
history by their avatars, the twin sorcerer-brothers of
the old kingdom who brought a deadly thing into the
world and then fought over it.
Our story begins as Renik treks across the desert to
reconcile with his brother. In his path comes a
representative of the guild of mages, who knows that
the two brothers can lead him to the forbidden thing
their avatars have concealed. A chase, a sea voyage,
desperate sword-play, a descent into the world -- a
sword & sorcery adventure in the old style!
(c) 2003 Wade Tarzia, All Rights Reserved
ISBN 1-4033-6146-0
Free PDF download below. You will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader software (available free somewhere).
Kollen (a smuggler) do not quite get along. No
coincidence, for they are the shadows cast forward from
history by their avatars, the twin sorcerer-brothers of
the old kingdom who brought a deadly thing into the
world and then fought over it.
Our story begins as Renik treks across the desert to
reconcile with his brother. In his path comes a
representative of the guild of mages, who knows that
the two brothers can lead him to the forbidden thing
their avatars have concealed. A chase, a sea voyage,
desperate sword-play, a descent into the world -- a
sword & sorcery adventure in the old style!
(c) 2003 Wade Tarzia, All Rights Reserved
ISBN 1-4033-6146-0
Free PDF download below. You will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader software (available free somewhere).
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Historical Notes of Interest to Writers:
The first four chapters of this novel were published as a
serialized novella in the fantasy magazine, The Mage, in
1989, Jeffrey V. Yule, editor, and illustrated by Rodger
Gerberding.
My next novel, The Sorcerer's Chain, (Fine Tooth Press 2006)
continues the story of Fenward and some of the characters
introduced in The Silent Man Called. (Sorry, that novel has
an actual small-press publisher who wants to get paid, and I
wouldn't mind a dollar-per-sale tossed my way either!
Listed at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com).
After several rejections from the big commercial publishers
(some of them supportive, such as "Good writing, but we
cannot market the plot..." as well some plain form-letter
rejections, and after a literary agent told me, "I can't sell
sword &sorcery unless it is something like 'Barbarian
Lesbians of Venus'"), I tried self-publishing at 1stBooks
Library. This is a foolish decision unless you have thousands
of dollars to market your book. So I cancelled the contract
and posted the novel for free here, and saw over a
thousand downloads.
Then I became greedy and gave the book to the
Amazon.com Kindle Reader program. Again....a foolish
decision unless you have thousands of dollars for marketing
or are already an established professional novelist.
So I cancelled that contract after a year, and here I am again,
where I am content enough: a few people reading this for
free. Unread stories are dead stories.
The first four chapters of this novel were published as a
serialized novella in the fantasy magazine, The Mage, in
1989, Jeffrey V. Yule, editor, and illustrated by Rodger
Gerberding.
My next novel, The Sorcerer's Chain, (Fine Tooth Press 2006)
continues the story of Fenward and some of the characters
introduced in The Silent Man Called. (Sorry, that novel has
an actual small-press publisher who wants to get paid, and I
wouldn't mind a dollar-per-sale tossed my way either!
Listed at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com).
After several rejections from the big commercial publishers
(some of them supportive, such as "Good writing, but we
cannot market the plot..." as well some plain form-letter
rejections, and after a literary agent told me, "I can't sell
sword &sorcery unless it is something like 'Barbarian
Lesbians of Venus'"), I tried self-publishing at 1stBooks
Library. This is a foolish decision unless you have thousands
of dollars to market your book. So I cancelled the contract
and posted the novel for free here, and saw over a
thousand downloads.
Then I became greedy and gave the book to the
Amazon.com Kindle Reader program. Again....a foolish
decision unless you have thousands of dollars for marketing
or are already an established professional novelist.
So I cancelled that contract after a year, and here I am again,
where I am content enough: a few people reading this for
free. Unread stories are dead stories.