num_pages: 448
description: With The Conquerors Shadow Ari Marmell brings a welcome seasoning of wit to the genre proving that dark fantasy can address the enduring questions of good and evil and still retain a sense of humor. Playful yet intense sharply sarcastic yet deeply sincere The Conquerors Shadow announces the appearance of a unique talentand an antihero like no other.They called him the Terror of the East. His past shrouded in mystery his identity hidden beneath a suit of enchanted black armor and a skull-like helm Corvis Rebaine carved a bloody path through Imphallion aided by Davro a savage ogre and Seilloah a witch with a taste for human flesh. No shield or weapon could stop his demon-forged axe. And no magic could match the spells of his demon slave Khanda.Yet just when ultimate victory was in his grasp Rebaine faltered. His plans of conquest born from a desire to see Imphallion governed with firmness and honesty shattered. Amid the chaos of a collapsing army Rebaine vanished taking only a single hostagethe young noblewoman Tyannonto guarantee his escape.Seventeen years later Rebaine and Tyannon are married living in obscurity and raising their children a daughter and a son. Rebaine has put his past behind him given up his dreams of conquest. Not even news of Audrissan upstart warlord following Rebaines old path of conquestcan stir the retired warrior to action. Until his daughter is assaulted by Audrisss goons.Now to rescue the country he once tried to conquer Rebaine once more dons the armor of the Terror of the East and seeks out his former allies. But Davro has become a peaceful farmer. Seilloah has no wish to leave her haunted forest home. And Khanda . . . well to describe his feelings for his former master as undying hatred would be an understatement.But even if Rebaine can convince his onetime comrades to join him he faces a greater challenge: Does he dare to reawaken the part of him that gloried in cruelty blood and destruction? With the safety of his family at stake can he dare not to? 
language: English
title: The Conqueror's Shadow
publisher: Spectra