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Original Publication Date: December 31, 2013
The fans asked for it…
All in one volume, all of the short stories that Sherri has written for St. Martin’s Press. Best of all, it will feature Fear the Darkness (first time in print) and a brand new, never before seen story.
Included novellas:
House of the Rising Son (First Time in Print)- Aricles
Fear the Darkness (First Time in Print)- Nick
Winter Born- Dante
A Dark-Hunter Christmas- Gallagher
Shadow of the Moon- Fury
Until Death We Do Part- Velkan
Phantom Lover- V’Aiden
A Hard Day’s Night Searcher- Rafael
Where Angels Fear to Tread- Zeke
Love Bytes- Adrian
Santa Wears Spurs- O’Connell
**Please note, the previously mentioned story with Acheron and an update on...
The eldest son in a family of three boys, Aricles had no desire to be a soldier, even though his fighting skills were among the best in the world. He was more than content on his small Atlantean farm, living a quiet, uneventful life. But when his brother is determined to don a soldier's uniform, Aricles joins him with a promise to their father to bring his brother home in one piece. What he never counts on is how much their new lives will...
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The first and original goddess of justice, Bathymaas was created to keep Set grounded and on the side he's supposed to be on. Due to her justice duties, she believes herself incapable of feeling. Something that causes her to run afoul of several gods, including Leto who can't forgive her for not punishing Hera for Hera's curse against her and her children. But when a bitter, ruthless betrayal costs her everything, Bathymaas becomes humanity's...
View Character Profile“You should have been there, brother. It was incredible! They came at me like giant mountainous beasts, wanting only my blood and bones to eat, and I beat them back, single-handedly. When I won the fight… this incredible shout went up through the amphitheater like raucous thunder.” Cupping his hands around his mouth, Galenus demonstrated the sound.
Aricles smiled at his brother’s exuberance while Galenus went on to illustrate his expert sword skills that had won his match two days ago. “You know what would really impress me, Galen?”
His brother froze in the middle of his mock sword stroke with a frown. “What?”
“Help with laying down the fertilizer in my field.”
Galenus scoffed indignantly as he climbed up on the fence and grimaced. “How can you stand it here? I hate farming and tending animals and fields… You should come with me next time and participate in the games. Together we’d be invincible… and win enough money to make the king, himself, look like a pauper.”
Aricles paused to wipe the sweat from his brow with his forearm before he cut the cord on a fresh batch of manure. Unlike his brother who was dressed in noble finery to rival a prince’s chiton, he was shirtless with only a short brown breechcloth and worn leather shoes to cover him while he worked. Even so, sweat rolled down his back and plastered his short, reddish brown hair to his head. “It’s not so bad here. Father needs the help.”
“Bah! He has plenty of servants for that. Why work us like dogs in the heat of summer? We were born to be better than this.”
Disagreeing completely, Aricles hoisted the barrel up on his shoulder to carry it to where he’d left off covering the plants. “There’s nothing wrong or undignified about a good day’s labor. You should try it sometime.”
“Says the man covered in cow shit.”
Aricles threw a handful of it at his brother. It landed in the middle of his chest, staining his stark white chiton.
“Ugh! That’s disgusting, Ari! I can’t believe you did that.”
Laughing, Aricles began spreading it around the sprouting plants. He’d never understand his brother’s love of or need for war. Personally, he hated conflict and fighting. He’d much rather create and build, than kill and destroy. Conquest and battle games didn’t appeal to him in the slightest way. The only reason a man should ever pick up a sword was to protect those he loved, not to willfully take the life of someone else’s beloved.
Still sputtering in fury, Galenus stormed off.
“One day, Galen,” Aricles called after him, “you’re going to learn to love farming. I promise you!”
“Should that day ever come, I hope Misos spears my idiot head to the wall!” he shouted back as he went to wash and change clothes.
The fans asked for it…
All in one volume, all of the short stories that Sherri has written for St. Martin’s Press. Best of all, it will feature Fear the Darkness (first time in print) and a brand new, never before seen story.
Included novellas:
House of the Rising Son (First Time in Print)- Aricles
Fear the Darkness (First Time in Print)- Nick
A Dark-Hunter Christmas- Gallagher
Until Death We Do Part- Velkan
A Hard Day’s Night Searcher- Rafael
Where Angels Fear to Tread- Zeke
**Please note, the previously mentioned story with Acheron and an update on characters has been incorporated into the novel Styxx. House of the Rising Son is a Dark-Hunter story and one that explains much about Acheron’s and Styxx’s origins, and gives insight into them.
Also, those looking for Dragonswan or Fire and Ice (Adron’s story), those are in their own combined Kenyon anthology, In Other Worlds, which was published by Berkley. Dark Bites is published by St. Martin’s and has all of Sherrilyn’s St. Martin’s novellas.