Guardians of the Flame: The Heroes (Books 4 and 5)

by Joel Rosenberg

Book Overview

When it all began, it was just supposed to be a game: seven college students sitting down for an evening of role play. But a real wizard intervened, and the students found themselves in a world where... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568650507
• ISBN13: 9781568650500
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: GuildAmerica Books
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Books 4 & 5 combined in a hardback

This is books 4 & 5 of the popular "Guardians of the Flame" books together in a Science Fiction Book Club hardback:"The Heir Apparent""The Warrior Lives"The story continues in these next two books. The "Other Siders" are older, and the next generation joins the protagonists; Aeia & Jason Cullinane, Jane Slovotsky have their day. Jason struggles in trying to fill his fathers very large shoes.Joel Rosenberg continues his lively, gritty storytelling. (One reviewer calls it "aggressive whimsy.") He has a way of turning so many fantasy clichés on their heads. Leaders make mistakes and heroes get killed.The series began in "Guardians of the Flame: The Warriors" (ISBN 1568650612)Wayne GralianWayne's World of Books / Krakow RPGs