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The Dread Empire, a gritty world of largerthanlife plots, nationshattering conflict, maddening magic, strange creatures, and raw, flawed heroes, all shown through the filter of Glen Cooks inimitable warcorrespondent prose. The Dread Empire, spanning from the highest peaks of the Dragons Teeth to the endless desert lands of Hammad al Nakir, from besieged Kavelin to mighty Shinshan, the Empire Unacquainted with Defeat, with its fearless, masked soldiers, known as the Demon Guard... An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat collects all of Glen Cooks short fiction set in the vast world of the Dread Empire, from The Nights of Dreadful Silence, featuring the first appearance of Bragi Ragnarson, Mocker, and Haroun bin Yousif, to the cultureclashing novella Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat; from Silverheels, Cooks first published work of fiction, to Hells Forge, a haunting tale of cursed pirates and strange lands, appearing here for the first time. Also including a detailed introduction and extensive story notes by Glen Cook, An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat charts the development of this influential American author and the massive, multifaceted world that he created.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, nearfuture dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula awardwinner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
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The Dread Empire, a gritty world of largerthanlife plots, nationshattering conflict, maddening magic, strange creatures, and raw, flawed heroes, all shown through the filter of Glen Cooks inimitable warcorrespondent prose. The Dread Empire, spanning from the highest peaks of the Dragons Teeth to the endless desert lands of Hammad al Nakir, from besieged Kavelin to mighty Shinshan, the Empire Unacquainted with Defeat, with its fearless, masked soldiers, known as the Demon Guard... An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat collects all of Glen Cooks short fiction set in the vast world of the Dread Empire, from The Nights of Dreadful Silence, featuring the first appearance of Bragi Ragnarson, Mocker, and Haroun bin Yousif, to the cultureclashing novella Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat; from Silverheels, Cooks first published work of fiction, to Hells Forge, a haunting tale of cursed pirates and strange lands, appearing here for the first time. Also including a detailed introduction and extensive story notes by Glen Cook, An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat charts the development of this influential American author and the massive, multifaceted world that he created.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, nearfuture dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula awardwinner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
