Graphic Sword and Sorcery
from S.E. Lindberg
S.E. Lindberg resides near Cincinnati, Ohio working as a microscopist, employing his skills as a scientist and artist to understand the manufacturing of products analogous to medieval paints. Two decades of practicing chemistry, combined with a passion for the Sword and Sorcery genre, spurred him to write Lords of Dyscrasia--a graphic adventure fictionalizing the alchemical humors. Click here to Email S.E. or connect with S.E. Lindberg on Google+.
Dyscrasia literally means “a bad mixture of liquids.”
Historically, dyscrasia referred to any imbalance of the four medicinal
humors professed by the ancient Greeks to sustain life (phlegm, blood, black
and yellow bile). Artisans, anatomists,
and chemists of the Renaissance expressed shared interest in the humors;
accordingly, the scope of humorism evolved to include aspects of the four
alchemical elements (water, air, earth and fire) and psychological temperaments
(phlegmatic, sanguine, melancholic and choleric). In short, the humors are mystical media of
color, energy, and emotion; Lords of Dyscrasia presents them as
spiritual muses
for artisans, sources of magical power, and contagions of a deadly
disease. The book explores the choices humans and their gods make as this disease corrupts their souls, shared blood and creative energies.New Dark Fantasy For Mature Readers; Not Young Adults
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This is a story of a man who worked to free himself from a lineage of bondage. He starts with simply denying the Rite of Inheritance of his forefathers, and soon finds himself undead and clothed in the skin of his enemies. - DC's reader reviewer
The book revolves around the characters: Doctor Grave, Cypria, Endenken, and Dey. Endenken seeks revenge, Doctor Grave dreams of restoring what was lost, Cypria wants to live, and Dey is running away from his past. In a world of disease, monsters, and danger, will the passions and desires that drive them be enough to help them survive? - Jojo's reader review
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Endenken
Lysis of Gravenstyne, last lord of the Lysis Clan, journeys to the
Underworld Forge to extinguish the elder plague consuming his soul.
Accompanied by the ghosts of the family whom he failed and the brothers
whom he murdered, Endenken must battle his past and the Doctor’s minions
to end the plague, quench the Queen’s soul.