-From the wrath of the Northmen, O Lord deliver us.- -- Old French Prayer Warships of the Fourth Crusade surround Constantinople threatening murder, rapine and worse. The only option left the impotent Emperor to avoid the sacking of the great city, is to secretly give away a sacred relic. Enter Tyr, a red-handed Swedish mercenary and Wolfram von Eschenbach, the Templar poet, together charged with retrieving the holy artifact and escaping the city. What they don't know is that arcane forces, old as myth, are marshalled against their mission. The old gods of multiple nations war with the New....

From demon haunted ruins to burning ships manned by eldritch foes, these 21 tales and verse of Sword & Sorcery transport you to realms of terrifying horror and exquisite wonder.