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by: Michael Ehart, E.E. Knight, Phil Emery, Jeff Draper, Nicholas Ian Hawkins, David Pitchford, Ty Johnston, Jeff Stewart, Angeline Hawkes  List Price: $7.95 Amazon.com's Price: $6.36 You Save: $1.59 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Edition: 1 Format: Kindle Book Label: Flashing Swords Press Manufacturer: Flashing Swords Press Publication Date: March 15, 2008 Publisher: Flashing Swords Press Studio: Flashing Swords Press Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Return of the Sword is a brand new anthology of blood-pounding, spine-tingling stories by some of fantasy's most critically acclaimed Sword and Sorcery authors. Stacey Berg, Bill Ward, Phil Emery, Jeff Draper, Nicholas Ian Hawkins, David Pitchford, Ty Johnston, Jeff Stewart, Angeline Hawkes, Robert Rhodes, E.E. Knight, James Enge, Michael Ehart, Thomas M. MacKay, Christopher Heath, Nathan Meyer, S.C. Bryce, Allen B. Lloyd, William Clunie, Steve Goble, Bruce Durham, and Harold Lamb present you with enough fast paced adventure to keep you reading for hours. A hand painted, wrap around cover by fantasy artist Johnney Perkins ensures that Return of the Sword will not only be enjoyable to read, but also look good on your coffee table or bookshelf. Too long have the halls of fantasy been dominated by packs of weak-kneed elves hunting goblins and doughty dwarves mining for gold. Return now to the days of true adventure. Unsheath your sword and enter if you dare! Average Rating:
 Rating: - For anyone who who appreciates a straight-forward adventurous talesI read and have read a lot of anthologies. They're great for "in-between-books-reading" and are perfect when you just want a story that you can start and finish in one sitting. Anthologies are also a great source for sampling different writers. Jason M Waltz did a great job of picking out the stories to use for The Return of the Sword. Except for only one or two stories (even the ones that weren't particularly something to my personal taste) I found these to be very well and interestingly ... Read More Rating:  - A Good collection, somewhat repetitiveThe Return of the Sword is the first anthology published by the newly minted Flashing Swords Press, itself the publishing arm of the formerly defunct and recently revitalized Flashing Swords e-zine. Giving itself the byline "An Anthology of Heroic Adventure" Return of the Sword is editor Jason M. Waltz's collection of 19 new stories, one classic reprint, and one article that look at the character of the hero, particularly as he appears in the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy. In Waltz's introduction ... Read More Rating:  - Return of the Sword"Flashing Swords Presents: The Return of the Sword" edited by Jason M Waltz The editor says there may be "...no finer compilation of heroic tales of action and adventure..." and, at least in recent memory, he may be right. Flashing Swords Press has been trying to present and create a place for Sword and Sorcery. They have met that goal and gone beyond it as these stories are indeed fine heroic tales and are of a quality that extends beyond a genre offering. The book has ... Read More Rating: - Return of the Sword is exactly what you wantWith this anthology you get exactly what you'd think you'd get. It's full of swords, full of blood, and full of action. To make things even better, it's got one of my stories in it. Here's my honest take on it: Altar of the Moon- A story about the aftereffects of a sword of power and the person forced to wield it in order to save a kingdom. Just one problem, the burden of bearing the sword becomes unbearable and it won't let itself be cast aside. This is a good emotional story with two characters ... Read More 
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