Cathexis: Desecrator's Sword

by Philip Blood

Cathexis is a four book epic fantasy series. In this fourth and final book, Desecrator's Sword, the epic saga of the Ardellen family concludes. The necromantic council has been taken over by a new leader, and he brings vast armies to overpower the Sorceress and her army. They lay siege to her capital, where she digs in for a final stand against their attack. The Ardellen family and all of their friends must give everything they have. They face superior numbers, dark necromancers, horrid monsters brought across from the darkness, and an evil mastermind that has been working in secret for thousands of years. To succeed, they will need a weapon foretold of in ancient verse, hidden away for just this time. Kingdoms must fall, rulers change, and a quest to find the secret weapon completed before the siege ends, or all may be lost. The Gordian knot has tightened, but all will be resolved in the grand climax. Join the Ardellen family on this exciting action packed adventure. Wars, magic battles, ancient evil, alternate planes of existence, horrid creatures and dark plots all tangled in a battle for control of the world. This is high fantasy with the darkest of evil against the purest of good. Love, sacrifice, friendship, revenge, betrayal, and triumph all wrapped up in one massive tale. Come join the Ardellens and experience the world of Cathexis as the story concludes in book four, Desecrator's Sword.

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First published September 16, 2011

About the author

Philip is a published author of fantasy and science fiction novels, strategy guides, movie scripts and computer games. His published books include two published fantasy epic series: Nexlord (3 books) and, Cathexis (4 books), Zone, the End and the Beginning and Dragon Slayers, Inc.

Philip's love affair with writing Fantasy and Science Fiction began back when he was eleven years old when he read The Hobbit followed by Conan, the Barbarian. He spent the next 20 years reading everything he could get his hands on, averaging a book a day. He also spent that time writing, mostly short stories. He discovered the newly emerging game of Dungeons and Dragons and started writing stories and running games. His work in creating new worlds for D&D games led to the writing his first fantasy novel series.

Philip is currently working on an epic ten novel series, while also building a computer game. The game is a fantasy massive multiplayer online role-playing game set in a fantasy world of his creation.

Reviews

[Tobias White · Rating 5 out of 5]

I first came across the works of Philip Blood with his Nexlord series. Like in the Nexlord series the story centers around friends, loyalty and family. The plot of this series is both interesting and complex with interesting twists and turns which allows the reader to easily become engaged. Like in his Nexlord series Philip Blood created an interesting magic system that is logical but still fantastic which spurs the reader's imagination in what could be possible with it. The cast of character is quite large and so this is an epic tale. One can also see the influences of Frank Hebert's Dune series has on the book but it has its own individuality that keeps it from feeling like a clone, so if you are a fan of Frank Herbert then this series is for you. A must read that I highly recommend.