Drums of Doom (Harbinger of Doom -- Volume 11) - Paperback

by Glenn G. Thater (Author)

Glenn G. Thater's epic Harbinger of Doom saga continues in this eleventh volume, entitled Drums of Doom.In the Age of Myth and Legend, the Lord's Arkon Thetan lost his faith, abandoned his honor and his solemn oaths, and betrayed the one true god - he who loved him above all others. Thetan's treachery threatened to bring down the very heavens and cast his name in infamy, forevermore.When the mountain troll horde surrounded Lomion City, rivalry and machination paralyzed the High Council...until the mysterious Baron Jaros appeared offering salvation from the trolls. Salvation that came at a weighty price.King Bornyth Trollsbane of the Darendor Dwarves was fearless, and confident that his people could withstand any siege, assault, plague, flood, or famine. Hardy were his Dwarves. Determined. Tireless. Patient. The problem was, the Draugar -- the dead that walked - were all of that and more.Uriel the Bold had safeguarded the portal betwixt Midgaard and Nifleheim for untold ages. He'd repelled wizards, warlords, and hordes of howling barbarians. But what hope did he have to stop The Shadow League's cadre of Archwizards and the Nifleheim Lord that led them?The Eotrus had suffered beyond all imagining: family members dead, missing, kidnapped, their fortress, sacked. But now it was Ector's turn to take the battle to the enemy. To march on the troll city of Gothmagorn and exact his revenge...though it might cost him his very soul.Captain Frem Sorlons was one of the toughest men to ever walk Midgaard. But deep in the heart of Svartleheim, when the drums of doom sound, even a brave hero can fall.BOOKS BY GLENN G. THATERTHE HARBINGER OF DOOM SAGA: GATEWAY TO NIFLEHEIMTHE FALLEN ANGLEKNIGHT ETERNALDWELLERS OF THE DEEPBLOOD, FIRE, AND THORNGODS OF THE SWORDTHE SHAMBLING DEADMASTER OF THE DEADSHADOW OF DOOMWIZARD'S TOLLDRUMS OF DOOMVOLUME 12+ (forthcoming

Author Biography

For more than twenty-five years, Glenn G. Thater has written works of fiction and historical fiction that focus on the genres of epic fantasy and sword and sorcery. His published works of fiction include the first eleven volumes of the Harbinger of Doom saga: Gateway to Nifleheim; The Fallen Angle; Knight Eternal; Dwellers of the Deep; Blood, Fire, and Thorn; Gods of the Sword; The Shambling Dead; Master of the Dead; Shadow of Doom; Wizard's Toll; Drums of Doom; the novella, The Gateway; and the novelette, The Hero and the Fiend. Mr. Thater holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics with concentrations in Astronomy and Religious Studies, and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering, specializing in Structural Engineering. He has undertaken advanced graduate study in Classical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, and Astrophysics, and is a practicing licensed professional engineer specializing in the multidisciplinary alteration and remediation of buildings, and the forensic investigation of building failures and other disasters. Mr. Thater has investigated failures and collapses of numerous structures around the United States and internationally. Since 1998, he has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Forensic Engineering Division (FED), is a Past Chairman of that Division's Executive Committee and FED's Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures. Mr. Thater is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional and has testified as an expert witness in the field of structural engineering before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Mr. Thater is an author of numerous scientific papers, magazine articles, engineering textbook chapters, and countless engineering reports. He has lectured across the United States and internationally on such topics as the World Trade Center collapses, bridge collapses, and on the construction and analysis of the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C.