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Combining the acclaimed trilogy of books, BODYGUARD OF LIGHTNING, LEGION OF THUNDER and WARRIORS OF THE TEMPEST, plus a new short story previously only available in a small press anthology, this is the entire story of Stryke and his band of Orcs. Fantasy's bad guys finally get their own say in...

"There is fear and hatred in your eyes. To you I am a monster, a skulker in the shadows, a fiend to scare your children with. A creature to be hunted down and slaughtered llike a beast in the fields. It is time you pay heed to the beast. And see the beast in yourself. I have your fear. But I have earned your respect. Hear my story. Feel the flow of blood and be thankful. Thankful that it was me, not you, who bore the sword. Thankful to the Orcs: born to fight, destined to win peace for all."

The village continues to grow and develop, but this harsh world will never leave its residents alone. Anyone who stops developing is bound to perish. New, even more dangerous opponents await, but so do new opportunities.

After my ex announces his wedding to someone other than me, I'm eager to leave town. A new life and a new job are just what I need to restore my mojo. On the way to my destination, I overnight at a hotel where edible unmentionables and a tattooed orc construction worker rock my world. I sneak out the next morning, figuring I'll never see him again. Until I walk into my new job. That hot orc construction worker? He's my boss.

Royal alchemist Kaethe knows two things. One: Drinking tea made from steeped riverhearts will cure almost anything. Two: Never, ever trust an orc. When a rumor that she believes pertains to her missing brother has her leaving the safety and warmth of King Arkain and Queen Elvie's court, she finds herself in the heart of the orc's territory. Brokenbone Mountain is rumored to be filled with unspeakable danger. If you can survive the harsh elements, those foul creatures that call the mountain home will enjoy feasting on your bones. Delightful.

Something is very wrong with the Fitzwilliam estate. It was supposed to be a regular seance job. But from the minute I met an angry ghost in the hall, I knew there wasn't going to be anything ordinary about this house or its dead residents. First of all, there were way too many of them. Second, some of them had been helped along from living to dead. Third, my attempt to figure out what was going on got a bit sidetracked when I met the gardener. He was tall, dark green, and handsome. And really, really smart. So I hired him to help me figure out what was going on. 

When a blood-thirsty banc of orcs, led by an as-yet-unseen enemy, comes rampaging out of the Spine of the World, it lays waste to everything in its path. Dark elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden and his most trusted friends find themselves in the path of destruction. As blades slash and feet trample, even the heroes may not survive a desperate stand.

When the Orcs discovered a world filled with their own kind, they thought they would live there till the end of their days. But the appearance of an unlikely ally will change everything. This ally - a human - tells of the atrocities being visited upon Orcs back in the other world. He implores Stryke and his companions to come back so that they may save their kind from extinction and wreak vengeance upon the humans who've wronged them. But can this human be trusted?

The Complete first three books of the Monster Frenzy Series in one volume. Orcs are the enemy……or so I’ve always believed. I should have joined the human forces, except they left me for dead. They left me at the mercy of the orcs. After a violent encounter results in Evan’s death, he finds himself transported by Death into a world at war between humans and orcs. Here, people are divided between mortals and immortals – those who can cultivate, and those who cannot. Unfortunately, Evan falls into the latter. It looks like cultivation is out of his reach. That is until he’s shown ...

Orcs are the enemy……or so I’ve always believed. I should have joined the human forces, except they left me for dead. They left me at the mercy of the orcs. After a violent encounter results in Evan’s death, he finds himself transported by Death into a world at war between humans and orcs. Here, people are divided between mortals and immortals – those who can cultivate, and those who cannot. Unfortunately, Evan falls into the latter. It looks like cultivation is out of his reach. That is until he’s shown another path – a path of violence and rage – a path of demons and ...

He came to conquer. She swore to resist. But in the war of dominance and desire, only one will kneel. Elara I will never bow. Not to the monsters who burned my village. Not to the warlord who ripped me from my home. I am not his to command, to use, to break. No matter how my body betrays me. No matter how his golden eyes watch me like a beast ready to devour. He can drag me to his camp. He can chain me. But he will never own me. Varkash She fights me. Claws at me. Spits in my face. But I see it—the way her breath hitches when I get too close, the shudder she tries to hide when I touch her...

In a world of warring orcs and men, Lady Norr is condemned to a childless marriage, a cruel lord husband, and a life of genteel poverty—until the day her home is ransacked by a horde. Leading the charge is their hulking, deadly orc captain: the infamous Grimarr. Grimarr has a wicked plan for Lady Norr, and for ending this war once and for all. She’s going to become his captive, and the perfect snare for Lord Norr. There’s no possible escape, and soon Lady Norr is dragged off toward Orc Mountain in the powerful arms of her greatest enemy.

I came for their treasure. I became their prize. The job was supposed to be simple. Infiltrate the Ashen Reach, locate the camp, and lift the Sun-Stone before the orcs woke up. I am Insolanza, and I don't make mistakes. But Muz and Korg aren't just guards. They are predators. Muz is a mountain of iron and silence. Korg is a scarred blade with a wicked grin. They were waiting for me. Getting caught should have been the end. Instead it was an invitation. They didn't kill me. They bound me. They decided to test just how much the little mouse could take. I expected pain. I didn't expect the ...

He was born a living weapon. She was forged into a holy sacrifice. Maath is the valley’s gentle healer, a giant terrified of his own strength. He hasn't touched another soul in eight years, fearing the berserker rage that lives in his blood. Elara is a priestess of the Light Order, cursed with divine fire that is slowly consuming her from the inside out. When she is dragged to his valley in chains, there is only one way to save them both. Skin-to-skin contact. The mating bond detonates between them, forcing the monster and the martyr into an impossible intimacy. If he lets go, she burns. ...

Although she battles loneliness, Rychell is determined to grow her spice business and raise her adopted pixie son in peace. Love is off the table—her tumultuous childhood taught her that marriage isn't for her. So when the town herald announces that a prominent trader is seeking a wife who can treat marriage like a business deal, Rychell knows this is the opportunity she's been waiting for.

She filed the wrong papers. Now she's filled with hellfire. When curvy bookkeeper Jade Martinez thinks she's doing her eccentric boss's weird filing in the office basement, she accidentally completes an ancient summoning circle, calling forth Lock—a hellhound enforcer who mistakes her for a witch trying to bind him. But her pure soul and virgin scent trigger his mating instincts so hard he immediately goes into rut, his infernal knot already dripping as he explains she has two choices: submit to him or get dragged to hell anyway. As Jade discovers that submitting to a hellhound means ...

One growly orc. One curvy human woman. And a fated-mates bond neither of them saw coming. Jasmine I came to the mountain chasing wildlife and solitude. What I found instead was wild, dangerous… and impossible to resist. When I’m injured and stranded in the forest, a massive orc rescues me. Drak lives alone, deep in the mountains, far from the human world. He’s gruff, growly, and built like a fantasy brought to life. He says I don’t belong here. But when he looks at me like I’m already his—and touches me like claiming me is his right—I know I was made for him. This mountain man...

William Pyke, knight of Weithumbria, and his clan of warriors enter temple ruins to save a group of kidnapped humans from a band of orcs. What he did not expect to find were a female human slave and her half-orc child. Her dying wish was for the knight to protect her child, forcing Sir William to take the child back to Weithumbrian’s capital of Brythelm. The orcling, now named Abrium, begins his years in a town of people that abhor his kind. Trouble soon follows young Abrium and his father, William, is forced to send him away to be fostered by the reluctant dwarves of Redbeard Bay.

On the midwinter full moon, I am dragged by bandits from the only home I know and stood on a chair in a tavern under the gazes of despicable men bidding on my innocence. But then the shadowy figure in the corner calls out the winning offer, and I realize he is like no one I've ever seen before. Now I belong to Torvolk, Ranger of the Bloodfire Clan, and neither of us knows what this means. He's taken me through the pathway in the standing stones to his world, where I discovered naught is as it has always seemed.

The monster needs a sacrifice. And she's on the altar. When Stella wanders the forest alone one fateful night, she only seeks peace, relief, escape—a few stolen moments on a secret, ancient altar, at one with the moon above. Until she's accosted by a hulking, hideous, bloodthirsty orc. An orc who demands a sacrifice: not by his sword, but by Stella's complete surrender.