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Wagner, Karl Edward

Wagner, Karl Edward

Author Biography & Works

Karl Edward Wagner was an American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Edward_Wagner

Books by Wagner, Karl Edward

Night Winds

Night Winds

(Kane)

First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Night Winds, a collection of stories with the anti-hero, Kane.

Bloodstone

Bloodstone

(Kane)

Fifteen-year-old Amelina Scott lives in Cambridge with her dysfunctional family, a mysterious black cat, and an unusual girl who is imprisoned within the mirrors located in her house. When an...

Kane

Kane

(Kane)

One of the original anti-heroes in the fantasy genre; together with the Conan stories by Howard, Wagner's Kane helped shape (even start) the Sword and Sorcery genre.Kane is arguably one...

Dark Crusade

Dark Crusade

(Kane)

First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Dark Crusade, a novel about his great anti-hero, Kane.

Death Angel's Shadow

Death Angel's Shadow

(Kane)

The first collection of tales of Kane, an immortal wanderer, a Cain-like murderer, sorcerer and swordsman who has been cursed to walk the world through the ages. It collects the...

Darkness Weaves

Darkness Weaves

(Kane)

First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Darkness Weaves, a novel about his great anti-hero, Kane.

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

Welcome to the world of Kane, perhaps the most complex characters in early Sword and Sorcery pulp. Wagner with his Kane stores together with Howard's Conan helped shaped the Sword...

Night Winds

Night Winds

(Kane)

From goodreads: "KANE - The Mystic Swordsman ranges Earth and Time to confront the demons of darkness Where once the mighty Kane has passed, no one who lives forgets. Now,...

Bloodstone

Bloodstone

(Kane)

Small-town reporter and witch Stacy Justice's barely recovered from investigating a fire when a 14-year-old girl appears on her doorstep, claiming to be her sister and insisting that "their" mother's...

The Book Of Kane

The Book Of Kane

(Kane)

A collection of five tales of Kane, the immortal wanderer who appears in all ages and all lands, by Karl Edward Wagner: "Reflections for the Winter of My Soul", "Misericorde",...

Dark Crusade

Dark Crusade

(Kane)

Book 4 of the Nine Worlds (previously Unbound series) Rogue wolf-shapeshifter Leifi Vik didn’t ask to be sent to Gunngar, a land caught between worlds and times, but he was...

Death Angel's Shadow

Death Angel's Shadow

(Kane)

The first collection of tales of Kane, an immortal wanderer, a Cain-like murderer, sorcerer and swordsman who has been cursed to walk the world through the ages. It collects the...

Elric: Tales Of The White Wolf

Elric: Tales Of The White Wolf

(Kane)

New original fiction by: Nancy A. Collins, Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Karl Edward Wagner, Jody Lynn Nye ... and 19 others.

Gods In Darkness: The Complete Novels Of Kane

Gods In Darkness: The Complete Novels Of Kane

Kane is the original anti-hero, both a bloodthirsty warrior and a cunning intellectual, and in his stories he's more often than not one of the bad guys, but with a...

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