{"product_id":"9798235524590","title":"The Root of all Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSword and Sorcery, big beasties and more... a baker's dozen of historical fantasy stories\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eI've tried my hand at several works of fantasy over the years, and they almost always come out the same way -- pulpy, with swords, sorcery, monsters and bloody battles to the fore. It's the way I roll. I may start with good intentions, of writing high fantasy with political intrigue and courtly goings on but, as in the Watchers series, my inner barbarian muscles to the fore, says \u003cem\u003eBlow this for a lark\u003c\/em\u003e, and starts hacking. \u003cp\u003eThe blame for my enthusiasm can be laid squarely at several doors. \u003c\/p\u003eThere's Conan, of course, and Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon and the whole pantheon of Eternal Champions; there's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Solomon Kane, Jon Shannow, the princes of Amber and the shades of a thousand more by the likes of Poul Anderson, A E Merritt, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H Rider Haggard and many others. All of them can be found in echoes in these stories.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE CAULDRON OF CAMULOS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE LAST MAGICIAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA KNIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSAMURAI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE LONGEST MILE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBROTHERHOOD OF THE THORNS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHOUNDS OF THE DAWN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE MILL DANCE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVULCAN'S FORGE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE MOUTH OF THE NESS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOUTPOSTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE CAPTAIN'S FEVER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE ROOT OF ALL THINGS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"William Meikle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48212581744881,"sku":"9798235524590","price":16.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9798235524590_p0.jpg?v=1779575831","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9798235524590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}