Roger Taylor – författare

Fyorlund has fallen. The City of Vakloss has felt the terrifying Power that lies behind the evil Lord Dan-Tor and King Rgoric lies dead, murdered by Dan-Tor who is now master of Fyorlund and ready to unleash the Dark Lord Sumeral''s dread power over all the lands.Yet Dan-Tor has been grievously wounded by Hawklan''s arrow, and, against impossible odds, not all hope has been swallowed by the Darkness. Sylvriss, Rgoric''s Queen, has escaped the blighted City to rally the Lords in Exile. In peaceful Orthlund the arts of war are painfully relearned. In the East, ancient foes of Sumeral are at last remembering their vows.All look to the healer Hawklan for leadership. But he has lain in a coma since his confrontation with Dan-Tor, walking in a world from which none can call him back.And in the mountains an ancient race stirs, but its allegiance is as yet unknown...The Waking of Orthlund is the third book of The Chronicles of Hawklan"."

The castle of Anderras Darion has stood abandoned and majestic for as long as anyone can remember. Then, from out of the mountains, comes the healer, Hawklan, a man with no memory of the past, to take possession of the keep with his sole companion, Gavor.Across the country, the great fortress of Narsindalvak is a constant reminder of the victory won by the hero Ethriss in alliance with the three realms of Orthlund, Riddin and Fyorlund against the Dark Lord, Sumeral, hundreds of years before. But Rgoric, the ailing king of Fyorlund and protector of the peace, has fallen under the malign influence of the Lord Dan-Tor, and from the bleakness of Narsindal come ugly rumours. It is whispered that Mandrocs are abroad again and that the Dark Lord himself is stirring.And in the remote fastness of Anderras Darion, Hawklan feels deep within himself the echoes of an ancient power and the unknown, yet strangely familiar, call to arms...The Call of the Sword is the first book of "The Chronicles of Hawklan". The story continues in The Fall of Fyorlund.

The Call of the Sword begins a twelve book epic sequence, all set in the same world. The recommended reading order is:

The Call of the Sword (The Chronicles of Hawklan 1) The Fall of Fyorlund (The Chronicles of Hawklan 2) The Waking of Orthlund (The Chronicles of Hawklan 3) Into Narsindal (The Chronicles of Hawklan 4) Dream Finder Farnor (Nightfall 1) Valderen (Nightfall 2) Whistler Ibryen Arash-Felloren Caddoran The Return of the Sword (The Chronicles of Hawklan 5)

The darkness of ancient times is spreading over the land of Fyorlund and tainting even the Great Harmony of Orthlund. The ailing King Rgoric has imprisoned the much-loved and respected Lords Eldric, Arinndier, Darek and Hreldar; he has suspended the ancient ruling council of the Geadrol; he has formed his own High Guard, filling its ranks with violent unruly men; and Mandrocs have been seen even in Orthlund. At the centre of this corruption is the King''s advisor, the evil Lord Dan-Tor, who is determined to destroy the peace won by Ethriss and the Guardians eons ago, and surrender the land to his Dark Lord, Sumeral.The people look to Hawklan to make a stand against Dan-Tor. But is he a healer or a soldier? Deep within himself, Hawklan has felt an ancient power, and when threatened has been seen to fight like a warrior out of legend. Hawklan knows he must confront Dan-Tor before the land falls forever to the encroaching, eternal night...The Fall of Fyorlund is the second book of The Chronicles of Hawklan and is part of a twelve book epic sequence, all set in the same world. The recommended reading order is:

The Call of the Sword (The Chronicles of Hawklan 1) The Fall of Fyorlund (The Chronicles of Hawklan 2) The Waking of Orthlund (The Chronicles of Hawklan 3) Into Narsindal (The Chronicles of Hawklan 4) Dream Finder Farnor (Nightfall 1) Valderen (Nightfall 2) Whistler Ibryen Arash-Felloren Caddoran The Return of the Sword (The Chronicles of Hawklan 5)

Count Ibryen has been driven from his ancestral land by the Gevethen, who are strange and powerful usurpers. He and his loyal followers have taken refuge in the mountains, and are fighting a relentless but failing guerilla war.Then a mysterious call lures Ibryen away from his followers. Together with Rachyl and the enigmatic Traveller, he goes in search of an answer to the desperate need in that call, and in the hope of finding another way to oppose the Gevethen''s awful power.But his journey leads him into worlds he could not even have imagined ... And to knowledge of a power within himself, of strange cloud-lands, and of the dark presence that even the Gevethen bend the knee to.But what will this knowledge avail him against the Gevethen''s might now gathering for a final crushing blow against his stronghold while he is absent?Ibryen is an independent novel set in the world of "The Chronicles of Hawklan".

Sinister changes are afoot in Arash-Felloren. Pinnatte, the street thief, has been marked, literally, for a fearful destiny. Imorren, the first woman to lead the Kyrosdyn - the crystal workers - has secretly ordered the transfer of the Jyolan Fighting Pits to Barran, the mercenary who controls most of the crystal trade. It will give him great power in the huge and ancient city. But why would Imorren do this?And why would she bring to the surface a creature from the caves deep below the city - a creature of ancient myth?Then, in a tragic confrontation with a Kyrosdyn novice, Atlon, a Learned Brother from a distant land, travelling with his companion Dvolci, learns how the crystals are being used. The revelation sets him on a terrifying path - Imorren''s plans are far beyond any mere seeking for political power in the city.Atlon, deeply afraid, knows that she must be stopped. But he cannot enlist the help of his Elders. Nor even warn them. He must oppose her alone...Arash-Felloren is an independent novel set in the world of "The Chronicles of Hawklan".

Vashnar is the Commander of Arvenstaat''s Wardens. Ambitious, ruthless, and weary of the antiquated and irrelevant proceedings of its government, the Moot, he plans to seize power and reestablish the ancient rule of the Dictators.But, in a terrifying confrontation, his messenger, Thyrn, a young inexperienced Caddoran, sensitive to the point almost of telepathy, reads the intentions beneath his words and flees in panic. Accompanied by his uncle, three Wardens and Endryk, a shoreman, Thyrn is driven into the Karpas Mountains by Vashnar''s relentless pursuit.There, however, a darker power begins to reveal itself: a power which has waited for time beyond knowing for such as Vashnar, a power that will drive his ambitions far beyond the boundaries of Arvenstaat, a power which, apart from Vashnar himself, only Thyrn can sense and oppose.But by any measure, Thyrn is no warrior, and his companions are too few to stand against Vashnar''s vicious Tervaidin...Caddoran is an independent novel set in the world of The Chronicles of Hawklan".

After the great and bloody war in which the peoples of all the free lands, even those of peaceful Orthlund, stood together against the evil of Dan-Tor and Sumeral''s dark battalions, Sumeral is dead. His body is destroyed; his will scattered across worlds unknowable.Now, travellers sent out from Anderras Darion and Cadwanen to learn more of the world beyond Orthlund, Fyorlund and Riddin are returning. They bring with them people in need of help and with disturbing tales to tell. Antyr, the Dream Finder; Farnor, to whom the great forest can speak; Vredech, the once preaching brother; Pinnatte, victim of a fearful experiment by the Kyrosdyn; Thyrn, the Caddoran...Their disparate stories come together to yield a terrifying revelation -- somewhere, Sumeral is whole again and struggling to return. But other even darker threads are being drawn together. Andawyr and the Cadwanol, in their relentless search for truth, have touched on a threat to their world more terrible than Sumeral. More terrible by far...The Return of the Sword is the culmination of the epic tales begun in The Chronicles of Hawklan"."