Rogue Blades Presents:
Roar of the Crowd:
An Anthology of Heroic Adventure

The 2010 RBE signature anthology
cover art by Johnney Perkins

150,000 words of the original massive multiple player
games and other spectator events!

COMING September 2010

Rogue Blades Presents

ROAR of the CROWD

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The crowd determines all.

Herein lie the tales of ancient cultures locked in mock battles; of forgotten generations playing violent games; of individuals vying to the death for the favors of rulers and lovers. Herein are the tales of grand events, from harvest festivals to grim executions, in all their glorious gory entertainment!

This anthology is NOT simply historical adventure fiction
or another collection of gladiator tales.

Herein lie tales of historically real events and games with fantastical elements and surprising crowd control. Herein lie tales that cannot be told the same minus the crowd! In each tale, the crowd will be involved, influencing the outcome through means of magic and of might,  means nefarious and righteous, means intentional and bidden.

The crowd is the key to the story.

Roar of the Crowd

Let the games begin!

• ISBN:
  
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• Trade Paperback (6×9)
• 17 authors deliver
  • 17 fantastical tales and
    
  • 17 historical essays
• in about 155,000 words in 360 pages
• Cover Price: $18.00;eBook in PDF: $8.00
  
• To-Be-Released: September 2010

BUY NOW @ the RBE Bookstore!

Table of Contents:

• Mbogo Returns ~ Milton Davis
• Carcass and Mallet ~ Ty Johnston
• Race to Dragonhead Rock ~ Bill Ward
• For the Light ~ Gustavo Bondoni
• Spirit of the Maya ~ Robert Waters
• Winter’s Game ~ Kate Martin
• The Last Refuge of Piyamaradu ~ Ryan Harvey
• Up the Gladiators! ~ David Bischoff
• Panathenaic ~ Bruce Durham
• Naumachia Magic ~ Alva Roberts
• Hard Crossing at Luhinmov Ford ~ Adrian Simmons
• Love and Revolution ~ Jeff Draper
• The Turul Spreads its Wings ~ Boglárka Takács
• Whispers of the Goddess ~ David J. West
• Ulemet’s Wager ~ Lyn Perry
• The Dream Horn ~ Howard Andrew Jones
• Shini-tai ~ C.L. Werner

• Foreword ~ Michael Ehart

Hear the Roar of the Crowd

• at chariot and boat races to sumo and poetry matches
• during annual festivals and religious events
• while wagering money and slaves and lives in pits and arenas
• on battlefields, city streets, ball courts, and water
• over sorcery, steel, and heroic strength of arm and will!