Pass on the Cup of Dreams, the third novel in the Six Kingdoms series, is now out in e-book format and print. And it has a sidekick: the first edition of the 55-page Six Kingdoms Codex which contains a new, introductory story plus a glossary and backround to this world of dark fantasy. You …
Tag: The Mace of Souls
May 20
Blue Peter
Remember that aptitude test we took early on in high school to find out what we’re good at? Maybe the test was a help for some, but by then I had a pretty good idea of the direction I was going because of the crocodile behind the sofa. Years before, my parents surely had no idea …
A Beast In The Ruins
A Beast In The Ruins is an 8,000-word story set in the same Six Kingdoms world as his novels The Shadow of His Wings, The Mace of Souls and Pass on the Cup of Dreams.
It begins: “Old age sometimes carries with it the urge to confess to secrets accumulated over the years. I have only one: I murdered my brother. I had no hand in his death, nor did I ask anyone else to do what I could not. I never wished him dead even after we were estranged. You may think this a riddle. It is not. I did kill him. To understand why, you must come back with me to the day he and I met the Bell Boys…”
The Six Kingdoms Codex
The Six Kingdoms Codex, is a 55-page companion volume to Bruce's fantasy novels The Shadow of His Wings, The Mace of Souls and Pass on the Cup of Dreams.
In it you’ll find a story written exclusively for the Codex; an extensive glossary and background material to the Six Kingdoms world; and a color map by cartographer Pieter Talens.