Rogue Blades Presents:
Rage of the Behemoth:
An Anthology of Heroic Adventure

Read the Foreword by Mark Finn: A Scattering of Jewels

For a limited time, YOU choose the cover!

~ Standard Edition Cover:

~ Special Limited Edition Covers:

With only 100 copies of each, these limited edition collector’s covers are must haves!  These one time only special printings of the 2009 RBE heroic adventure anthology are the same covers contributing authors received! Enjoyed Mary Rosenblum’s “Blood Ice” best? Pick up a copy of RotB with the Frozen Wastes cover today! Thought Jason Thummel’s “Runner of the Hidden Ways” rocked? Show your appreciation with a Mysterious Jungles cover. Display your favorites every day!

5 distinct wrap-around covers

with full-size art by

Johnney Perkins and Didier Normand!

Featuring one behemoth from one of the four tales in each habitat:

• ISBN: 0982053622
• ISBN-13: 978-0982053621
• Trade Paperback (6×9)
• 154,000 words in 354 pages
• Regular Cover: $17.00 / eBook in PDF: $8.00
• Limited Edition Cover Numbered: $17.00 <– New!
  
• Tiny URL for linking http://tinyurl.com/RotB09
• Released: June 2009

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This RotB Anthology contains 21 stories about the biggest, baddest, boldest behemoths ever to roar across the pages of heroic adventure! Over 150,000 words of monstrous mayhem record the ferocious battles that rage between gargantuan creatures of myth and legend and the warriors and wizards who wage war against, beside, and astride them. Behemoths and battles will be presented in four-story sections of five different habitats introduced by the stunning illustrations of John Whitman and headlined by well-known authors Mary Rosenblum, C.L. Werner, Brian Ruckley, Lois Tilton, and – writing together for the final time - Andrew Offutt and Richard K. Lyon.

Frozen Wastes, Scalding Sands, Depthless Seas,
Mysterious Jungles, and Ageless Mountains

~ Cover art by 2 special artists: Johnney Perkins and Didier Normand! ~ The cover of the regular edition of RotB portrays a behemoth from one of the four stories in each habitat in five divisions on a single wrap-around cover. ~ There are also five limited collector’s edition covers with a single creature from each habitat in its own wrap-around cover.

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Table of Contents:

• Frozen Wastes

  • Mary Rosenblum ~ Ice Dragon ~ “Blood Ice”
  • Carl Walmsley ~ Hydra ~ “Serpents Beneath the Ice”
  • Jeff Stewart ~ Giant Bear ~ “Nothing Left of the Man”
  • Bill Ward ~ Wolf-God ~ “The Wolf of Winter”

• Scalding Sands

  • Lois Tilton ~ Giant Sand Cobra ~ “Black Diamond Sands”
  • Michael Ehart ~ The Behemoth ~ “As from His Lair, the Wild Beast”
  • Martin Turton ~ Sagarki ~ “The Hunter of Rhim”
  • A. Kiwi Courters ~ Manticore ~ “Stalker of the Blood-Red Sands”

• Depthless Seas

  • Andrew Offutt & Richard K. Lyon ~ Chinese Turdragon ~ “Portrait of a Behemoth”
  • Sean T. M. Stiennon ~ Giant Crab-creature ~ “Black Water”
  • Robert Mancebo ~ Storm Djinn ~ “Passion of the Stormlord”
  • Kevin Lumley ~ Sea Monster ~ “The Beast”

• Mysterious Jungles

  • Brian Ruckley ~ Giant Serpent ~ “Beyond the Reach of His Gods”
  • Bruce Durham ~ Yaggoth-Voor ~ “Yaggoth-Voor”
  • Jason Thummel ~ Elephantine-God ~ “Runner of the Hidden Ways”
  • Kate Martin ~ Cockatrice ~ “Poisonous Redemption”

• Ageless Mountains

  • C.L. Werner ~ Gashadokuro ~ “The Rotten Bones Rattle”
  • TW Williams ~ Griffin ~ “Where the Shadow Falls”
  • Jeff Draper ~ Wen Quaar ~ “Thunder Canyon”
  • Daniel R. Robichaud ~ Bear-God ~ “Vasily and the Beast Gods”

Awards & Recognitions

• Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2009 Top-10 Winners:

“Yaggoth-Voor”
by Bruce Durham
~ 2nd, SF&F Short Story

“Poisonous Redemption”
by Kate Martin
~ 7th, SF&F Short Story

“Where the Shadow Falls”
by TW Williams
~ 9th, SF&F Short Story

• The Harper’s Pen Award 2009 Finalist:




“Serpents beneath the Ice”
by Carl Walmsley

• Richard Horton’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2010




“Blood Ice”
by Mary Rosenblum

Reviews

John Ottinger III @ Grasping for the Wind ~ “…takes the best of Robert E. Howard and revitalizes it for the twenty-first century.”
Theodore Beale @ Black Gate ~ “It is Conan, but it is Conan with a soul.”
Eric Turowski on Amazon ~ “This is Sword & Sorcery done right…there is an energy to the stories that harken back to the pulp roots of the genre.”
Earl L. Morris on Amazon ~ “…all the shorts are quite good reads.”
Deuce Richardson @ The Cimmerian ~ “…this newest offering from RBE…has upped the ante…All in all, Mr. Waltz, his artists and his authors have plenty to be proud of.”
John Harmon on Bookstove ~ “If you love stories of sword-slinging action with a little magic and big creatures tossed in, this collection will get you cheering.”
Paul R. McNamee @ Paul’s Scribblings ~ “…this is a great anthology. If you enjoy heroic fantasy and sword-&-sorcery…a wonderful collection…”
Gustavo Bondoni on SFReader.com ~ “…Rage of the Behemoth delivers…fast-paced and action-packed…an ideal companion for when you’re in the mood for action in leviathan-sized chunks.”
Dale Strickland on LibraryThing ~ “Rage of the Behemoth has a nice style to it.” 4 Stars
James Maxey @ OSC’s InterGalactic Medicine Show ~ “…spurring the tropes of epic heroic adventure into a full speed gallop to deliver pure, unapologetic entertainment…I, for one, am glad to have discovered this magnificent collection.”
Mihai Adascalitei @ Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews ~ “…an anthology that is full of frightening beasts, courageous heroes and plenty of action and fighting scenes resulted [sic] from the clash between them, making from Rage of the Behemoth a collection that delivers adventure in its purest form.”
Dan Nelson @ Amazon.com ~ “Good Book!…with more gore and grit then you find in folklore; more sword than sorcery yet there is plenty of sorcery…you should find quite a few gems in this treasure trove.”
Richard Horton @ The Elephant Forgets ~ “Rage of the Behemoth was devoted to adventure fantasy, and was pretty successful in delivering just that. Plenty of swords. Plenty of sorcery. Lots of good old fashioned thud and blunder.”
Jeff Crook evaluation for the Harper’s Pen Award ~ “In addition to being chock full of good stories, the production quality of Rage of the Behemoth was excellent. It’s a solid book put together with professional care, excellent art, design and typography. It now has an honored place on my shelf.”
Robert E. Keller (April 2010) ~ “…worth every penny…a thoughtful, classy collection written by some very talented writers. The layout is outstanding. It also…reveals some keen insights into the sword and sorcery genre. If you’re a fan of sword and sorcery (or just a fan of mythical monsters), this should be in your collection.”
Jaym Gates @ Wings Lifting Wide ~ “…classic Sword and Sorcery…It is a quick, enticing read with remarkably consistent quality…Anyone looking for an introduction to Sword and Sorcery has an excellent collection here.”
Luke Forney @ Luke Reviews ~ “…This is one of the best anthologies I have read in a long time…Don’t hesitate; go get a copy of this book now, and then keep checking back for the next anthology from Rogue Blades Entertainment…9 out of 10″
Keith West via email ~ “…I liked all of the stories. Yes, some I like more than others, but that’s only to be expected. What surprised me was the high quality, not of most of the stories, but all of the stories.  I’ve read anthologies by major publishing houses full of top tier authors that haven’t been this good. I’m making a note of some of the names I wasn’t familiar with to look up more work by these authors…” (And that’s what it is all about folks! Thanks Keith!)
David J. West @ Nephite Blood, Spartan Heart ~ “[Rage of the Behemoth] has 21 short stories of heroic fantasy-some of them blew me away-edge of the seat awesomeness!…I was delighted by how different and ingenious these storytellers weaved their monster ballads…Overall a great collection, I highly recommend to readers of fantasy.”
Joe Crowe of RevolutionSF ~ “Rage of the Behemoth is an excellent anthology about monsters and the people that stab them. It is absolutely jammed with heroic fantasy stories…Nearly every story has an old-timey feel. They’re brutal, bloody, and fun.”