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    Empire of Stone
    Empire of Stone
    Empire of Stone
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    Empire of Stone

    By Alex Ness and Josh Brown

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    After centuries of constant war the dwarves have outlasted every invader until now. Orcs and most other races have joined forces to crush the dwarves of the Empire of Stone. In epic poem and narrative prose, the story of the last stand of the Empire is told. An epic and violent tale, this is a conflict to end all conflicts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUffda Press
    Release dateFeb 26, 2015
    ISBN9781311113474
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      A teasing title and good start but still the end was disapointing, especially as this copy ends in the middle of the last sentences, if this should have been the last sentence.
      Unfortunately this will not be a book to remember.

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    Empire of Stone - Alex Ness

    Empire of Stone

    by Alex Ness, with Josh Brown

    Copyright 2015 Alex Ness, Josh Brown. Cover by Jason Moser. Edited by Dara Syrkin.

    Smashwords Edition

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only.  This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people.  If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.  If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.  Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    All characters and events appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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    After centuries of constant war the dwarves have outlasted every invader until now. Orcs and most other races have joined forces to crush the dwarves of the Empire of Stone.

    In epic poem and narrative prose, the story of the last stand of the Empire is told. Illustrated throughout, this work is epic and violent; it is a story of a conflict to end all conflicts.

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    Contents

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Prelude

    Dwarves of the Empire of Stone

    The Village

    Forgotten Queen of the Lost Green

    The Ogres and Trolls and Giants

    The Story of Bolormaa-Aang of the Human Clans

    Jarük, of the House of Grau

    The Toll of Hope

    Gathering Under the Black Moon Banner

    The Final Battle

    The Lizardmen Attack the Vulgar-Kin

    Of Other Actions

    Finale

    The Last Fields

    Loyalties

    Acknowledgments

    Thanks to Trent Westbrook, Josh Brown, Dara Syrkin, Joseph Mitchell, and Jason Moser. The fabulous interior art [of the print edition] was done by Trent Westbrook, and he did the back cover with a color assist by Joseph Mitchell. The cover art was done by Jason Moser, of Asylum Ink.

    I wrote my portion of the work, starting in 2005, with fits and starts in time and creativity. My desire was to tell a story of dwarves versus everyone else, after a series of wars had devastated the world.

    In writing it I had pictured an epic poem story, but with some swatches of prose to enlighten the reader without losing story progress. I was moved by both Josh Brown and Trent Westbrook to expand areas of the story, and wrote to both expand the vision of the world, and to allow for more development of the story. More words came from Josh Brown in prose format and in edits of my words. Dara Syrkin went over my words and made them both proper and sound better.

    Thank you to everyone who ever read this work in partial form and gave ideas and contributions, even if they did not end up in printed form. I’d like to give a nod to Derek Handley, Michael May, Grant Gould, Paul Harmon and others who didn’t make it to the end but were part of the process of thought that went into the story and look.

    – Alex Ness, 2013

    Introduction

    This book was created to tell a story of a cataclysm of war. Where no one is trusted, where hope is lost, and where the last battle is not one over land, or insult, but over survival.

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