Talion

Murderous Magick is a collection of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s short stories which weave together magick and murder. The stories in the collection are:

Shepherd: A story set in the world of his novel Talion: Revenant

The Adventure of the Red Riding Hood: A Holmesian-style story featuring V. August Lupyne, a humanoid wolf detective and Dr. Woolridge, his (literally) sheepish aide.

The Parker Panic: A weird western story set in the Deadlands universe, in which Nevan Kilbane is in the wilds of Arizona, hunting down a madman intent on creating his own nation in the West.

Looks Are Deceiving: A swords and sorcery murder mystery where the victim isn’t dead yet, and the detective is willing to save him, only because he intends to murder him himself.

The Silver Knife: 1923, London; and the oddest entry into the canon of Holmes characters, including German occultists, Russian nobility in exile, Mycroft Holmes and even Jack the Ripper.

These stories, some of which have not been offered in digital form before, would cost $10 if sold separately, but collected here are selling for $2.99.

Bonus: The author had added an essay talking about each of the stories, their origins and inspirations, and plans for these characters in the future.

Five different stories, a sampler to introduce you to Michael A. Stackpole’s imagination and legion of characters.

“Mike Stackpole has written an awful lot of copy in his life, so he can draw readily on considerable experience. When he wants to be tough, or whimsical or demented it is not the chore it might be for many another. He’s got it all there, ready. And the polish makes it shine.” —Roger Zelazny

This package is a zip-file with both the mobi and epub files, for use in all currently available ebook readers, including the Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPhone. Instructions for getting the book onto your device are included.

The Welcome to Ebooks Pack is the perfect companion to a brand new ebook reader. Included are six novels:

Talion: Revenant
Once a Hero
In Hero Years… I’m Dead
The Fiddleback Trilogy Omnibus
—A Gathering Evil
—Evil Ascending
—Evil Triumphant

The books are available in both the .mobi format for the Kindle and the .epub format for iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Sony Ereaders, Pandigital, Nooks and every other ebook reader out there (including most smart phones). Plus the package includes “Read Me Second,” a user guide to ebooks and ebook readers.

Plus a dozen other writers have contributed samples of their work for you to try out.

Individually the novels in this package would cost $30, but this special deal gives you six full novels for $25—the cost of a single, hardcover novel!

Note: This file is 32 megabytes in size, so it may take some time to download. It is also a zip archive, which you will need to open before you can use the files. If you have any trouble downloading it, send a message through the store and the problem will be handled.

The man he is sworn to protect is the man who butchered his family.

Justices—the select of the Talions, endowed with fearsome magick and lethal martial skills—roam the Shattered Empire, crushing the lawless and championing the oppressed. Their word is law and their judgment binding on highborn and low.

Nolan is a Justice born in what once was the free nation of Sinjaria. Orphaned in the war of conquest with the nation of Hamis, he traveled to far Talianna and secured the right to become a Justice. Now, years later, the Master of all Talions has a dangerous assignment for Nolan: he is to guard the life of the king who destroyed Sinjaria and slaughtered his family. Alone, Nolan ventures into the political maelstrom that is the court of Hamis to stop an assassin even his Masters think cannot be slain…

This book is in the epub format, suitable for use with Adobe Digital Editions, iTunes, Sony Readers, iBooks on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. This edition will not work on the Amazon Kindle, but this book is available from the Kindle store.