The Bone and the Bane: A Century of Iron and Gold (Book One) by R.A. Lorensen

Tolkien meets Tolstoy in the new literary, epic fantasy series, A Century of Iron and Gold. Escape to dwarven lands, where cozy stone halls are warmed by fires and massive feasts. The friendly mushroom folk called Strüm amble about the halls of the high dwarven society of Belhaven, where family fates are intertwined and political and social intrigue rule the day. "None hail Gildeloreon, Breaker of Oaths!" has become a passcode among the high dwarves of good society. The usurper Gildeloreon has stolen the crown and threatens to throw the world into war as he presses to unite the dwarven kingdoms under his yoke. Follow the intricate and troubled family lives of three high dwarvish clans--the Blackbellows, Mournfrosts, and Polaxes--as their familiar world of feasts and parlors is turned upside down. Epic fantasy meets classic literature in A Century of Iron and Gold, an original re-boot of the classic masterpiece, War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Forget the corsets and ribbons of the Victorian days, as gathering halls fill with hauberks, daggers, mystical chanting, and heavily cloaked dwarves drinking black rum, oily coffee, and strange brews. Fantasy lovers will enjoy the family sagas, romantic intrigues, epic battles, and deep lore of the land of Yronwoden, and the cheery and mysterious Strüm who came from the woods and now grace the halls and streets of the dwarven lands. R. A. Lorensen is a writer from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Adult • Fantasy • Fantasy/Epic and High