The Darkslayer Chronicles: Echoes of the Slain (Book 3): An Epic Sword & Sorcery Adventure Saga

by Craig Halloran

🔥 When the streets run with blood, the Mist will take the rest… 🔥

Venir the Darkslayer and Melegal are no strangers to danger—but Two-Ten City is a trap of another kind. Drawn into the shadowy guild of 🐺 lycans, they are betrayed, hunted, and forced to flee into the Mist—a cursed realm where the living lose their way, and the dead do not stay buried.

Inside the Mist, Venir’s fury seethes as he comes face-to-face with enemies he thought long slain—warriors and beasts he’s butchered before, twisted into new horrors by powers beyond reckoning. Each battle gnaws at his soul, his temper flaring against the endless tide of familiar ghosts and new, mysterious predators.

But Bish’s doom is not sealed in the Mist alone. Within the stolen Wizard Tower, the Underling Lords Catten and Verbard, with the assassin Mask at their side, plot to unleash an abominable undead army upon the world. If they succeed, no force will stand against them.

In their path stand unlikely Sticks and Lefty, rogues navigating betrayal and blades in the dark; and far away, the sorceress Kam and the wizard Fogle, fighting wicked Royals to reclaim what was stolen before it’s too late.

💀 In this savage chapter of The Darkslayer Chronicles,
🩸 The fallen rising to fight again
🪄 Forbidden sorcery and assassins in the shadows
🌫 The cursed Mist, where the lost never return
⚔️ Venir’s rage boiling against impossible odds

In a world where gods toy with mortal lives, Venir’s temper may be the only weapon left to break the onslaught. But if the Darkslayer fails, the echoes of the slain will drown the living—and Bish will fall.

⚡ Gritty Heroic Fantasy for fans of Robert E. Howard’s Conan, Michael Moorcock’s Elric, David Gemmell’s Druss the Legend, Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, and The Witcher. Read free on Kindle Unlimited.

308 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 31, 2025

About the author

Craig Halloran grew up a role playing fiend and dungeon master's nightmare. Since, he's turned his boundless creativity into more than 80 acclaimed novels that span a wide variety of fantasy fiction sub-genres, from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery to future world apocalypse. Creator of the bestselling Darkslayer and the Chronicles of the Dragon series, he imagines unique worlds and wonders that are breathtaking in concept, and then brings them to life in stories brimming with excitement, suspense, and surprise. A former military policeman who now labors in the realm of the remarkable, Halloran has a large and loyal following of devoted fans who eagerly devour his page-turning, action-packed tales of fantastic adventure.

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