The Fall of Nystol and other Tales

Six short-stories in epic style: THE NOMADS OF SARDU: Abbot Cromna dares to travel across the forbidden lands in order to obtain a forbidden book...he has already risked his life, but will a Man of God risk the lives of others to obtain its knowledge? 2) SAGE OF THE ELDARK: a philosopher of Roman times receives an unexpected "superstitious" guest, one who is being hunted by a demon...but who has the gall to request that the philosopher give his life for his country. 3) THE DICE OF GOLGOTHA: two would-be-hell-raiders get themselves involved in a secret society that is far deeper than they can fathom...4) THE WIZARD WHO COULD NOT DIE: a company of soldiers follows the mad dwarf Nergalfin into the underworld with his promise of sacking Nystol, the wizardic academy of many towers...but one wizard stands in the way, and he cannot die. 5) THE LAST DAYS OF THE MAGI: a condemned prisoner recounts how the most powerful academy of magic was compromised and finally betrayed by a sinister plot...most secular knowledge perished with the magic scrolls, but could it be for the better? 6) THE FALL OF NYSTOL: an eyewitness account of the barbarian sack of Nystol...