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Saunders, Charles

Saunders, Charles

Author Biography & Works

Charles Robert Saunders was an American-born, Black Canadian author and journalist, a pioneer of the "sword and soul" literary genre with his Imaro novels. Saunders, who was born in Pennsylvania, moved to Canada to avoid the draft. He lived initially in Ontario before moving to Nova Scotia where he worked as a civil servant and teacher. In 1989, he started writing a column on Black issues for the Halifax Daily News.

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Books by Saunders, Charles

Imaro

Imaro

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You don't normally read about an African hero in fantasy literature, but Saunders creates a compelling episodic Sword & Sorcery tale with Imaro.The titular hero grows up as an outcast...

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The Quest For Cush

The Quest For Cush

(Imaro)

Imaro, defeated and disheartened by treachery among the bandit tribes he led, searches for revenge and for his kidnapped lover Tanisha. The trail leads to the ruined City of Madness,...

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The Trail Of Bohu

The Trail Of Bohu

(Imaro)

Imaro, a warrior of the Ilyassai, has settled into a life as a husband and father in Cush when a tragedy sends him on a quest for revenge against Bohu,...

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The Naama War

The Naama War

(Imaro)

Now that all German musicians who lived at the time of the Third Reich have been rehabilitated in Israel except Wagner, Sheffi, editor of Tel Aviv University's historical quarterly Zmanim,...

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