Gaal the Conqueror

The Sword Bearer

Gaal the Conqueror

The Tower of Geburah

The Iron Sceptre

The Quest for the King

The Dark Lord's Demise

THE

CONQUEROR

THE ARCHIVES
OF ANTHROPOS

Cover illustration by
Vic Mitchell

Interior illustrations by
Jack Stockman

1 Vanishing Footprints
11

2 The Dog and the Dragon
22

3 The Enchanted Villagers
35

4 Out of the Ashes
50

5 The Dance of the Elms
67

6 The Tree in the Heart of the Desert
76

7 The Pool of Taavath-Basar
86

8 Rapunzel's Tower
99

9 The Quarrel
110

10 The Stranger John Knew
120

11 The Widow Illith
129

12 The Sunken Garden
136

13 The Pipes of Pan
146

14 The Cage in the Woods
159

15 The Last Miles
170

16 A Dream and a Nightmare
184

17 Darkness of Death
199

18 The Plot of the Circle
211

19 BamahJail
222

20 The Bull and the Serpent
233

21 The Mob Moves In
247

22 The Night on the Altar
254

23 The Sorcerer's Scheme
264

24 Journey by Magic
275

25 Shagah's Frame
287

26 What John Learned
296

27 The Hole of Blue Light
301

Moonlight fell silently on the frozen lake. Patches of snow were
an eerie blue and silver while the bare ice was black as tar.
Wooded hillsides and rocks curled sleepily round the lake's
shore. But John saw no beauty. "We're not going to stay here,
are we?" He glanced at a trapper's cabin and then turned a
worried face to his father. The cabin was perched behind them
high on a rocky prominence.

"Shh! We'll talk when we get down to the lake," his father
muttered.

For the next few minutes only the rush of their breathing, the
scrinch of snow beneath their feet, and the soft shish of pine
branches brushing against their clothing disturbed the magical
stillness. Two minutes later Ian McNab stepped onto the ice.
John hesitated. "Is it safe, Dad?"