Flame of Eros

by Chris Turner

“Dragons and kings, wizards and rings, who needs them?”

So says sword-for-hire Vetravincus as he prowls the market looking for coin to pay for his next meal. Little does he know the trouble to come getting mixed up with an upstart apprentice and a gambling rogue.

The apprentice wants revenge on the Mages who stripped him of his powers. The gambler is out for spoils should they succeed in disrupting the Order of Mages and securing the fabled Flame of Eros.

But such simple missions are things of fantasy. The gods have something else planned...

From the mesmeric love traps of a sorceress to the clutches of the Ravenclaw outlaws, Vetra and his friends must save their skins and prevent their homeland from falling to a sorceress's tyrannical rule...

The SWORDS AND SKULLS Series:

Flame of Eros
Dragon Lords
Valley of the Gods
Land of Maja

Genres: Fantasy

323 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2023

About the author

Chris is a prolific author of fantasy, adventure and science fiction. His books include: Swords and Skulls, The Starship Rogue series, Bindu, Haloband, The Dragon Sea Chronicles, The Alien Alliance series, Icarus, The Relic Hunter series, Beastslayer, Rogues of Bindar, Future Destinies, Fantastic Realms and Denibus Ar.

Chris is also a prolific painter, with nearly a thousand oil art works to his name. He has been involved in extensive studio recording. After graduating from University of Waterloo in Honours Mathematics and Computer Science he backpacked and biked throughout Europe and Asia in the 90s before teaching computer programming courses in Ottawa, Canada.

Chris’s other interests are guitar, cycling, meditation, canoeing and tennis.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second book in the series flowed better for a sword and sorcery type book. This by no means is great, but it’s growing on me, and I’m definitely having fun with this series. The protagonist’s are solid characters who you easily root for. A lot happened in this book as Vetra the swordsman/mercenary found new companions in another fighting man and an outcast apprentice mage. Many twists and turns ensued as the trio was besieged by a powerful sorceress who eventually unleashed her dragon and attacked an entire battlefield while riding on its back. A lot of other skirmishes and assorted sword and sorcery type deviltry happened throughout. A nice fast paced read. The first book was free on kindle and the rest of the 5 book series are 99 cents each.

[M.J. Mallon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new author to me!

An exciting never a dull moment fantasy adventure. Wonderful band of characters, storyline with sexually wicked sorceress, dragon, giants, magic, corrupting power & danger of the eros flame gem, plus brilliantly crafted battle scenes.

Nicely interlaced with humour here and there.

Conclusion - Loved it. 😍

[Dinees Ponton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flame of Eros

Vetoes and Nog were interesting. Each person is well developed. The story flowed with lot’s of fighting. I enjoyed it and will read more stories by Chris.

[Suzanne Montford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sorceress vs Sword Slingers

The quest for a magic jewel is enough to drive the kingdoms to war. A seductive sorceress has great ambitions to be dark queen but a few, down-and-out heroes stand in her way. Awesome tale. Enough action and spell-wielding and swordplay to keep the pages turning. The author writes compelling stories with flamboyant characters in so many different genres, from sword and sorcery to space opera to urban sf. Looking forward to reading more books across his many series!

[Judy Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vetravincus is a wandering swordsman with a streak of the nobel in him. A sorceress tries her hand at dominion of the lands with the help of a cursed love amulet. Seducing and spellcasting is her trade. Only Vetra and his two ragtag companions seem capable of stopping her. As for why, you’ll have to read the story. So many unexpected twists and turns. Amazingly rich world building. Dragons and wizards. Wizard schools and epic battles. The author packs everything in.