King Eidon of Ilteriel learns of a new island, far to the south. He sends an expedition in search of new resources, allies, and power. Jorunhaal, Ilteriel's greatest warrior, is to lead the expedition. Upon setting foot on the island, one disaster after another occurs. The men battle small were-wolves, fall prey to a foul sickness in the air, and uncover demons once sealed away.
Dennis has been writing for 8 years and has accomplished a great deal in a short amount of time. Apart from writing and creating some wonderful stories, he learned editing from working with Chuck Sambuchino. His creative skills are easily recognized in books like War and Glory where scifi and horror are mixed, or books like Cayneian, where fantasy and horror are mixed, but he also portrays a great many psychological and philosophical issues throughout his writing. Producers can check his list of titles at his Kirkus proconnect page.
I'm not a big big fan of fantasy, but I do like a little gore, and this story was really a mix of fantasy, horror, and gore. A king covets power, so he sends an expedition to an island that his counselors sais had power, but when everyone gets there, they're attacked by monsters, some of the people turn into monsters, and their ship gets destroyed. Even the sun stops coming up, so the main warrior, Jorunhaal (if I spelled it right) and the wizard Wilheim trek underneath the island through some ruins or something, really just trying to find a way off the island. In a way, there really isn't much to the story. It's basically a massacre, and the characters try to stay alive, but wha was cool, what I did like was just how different each character was and in the span of just a short story. Overall it wasn't bad.