Lendle

Thirteen Science Fiction and Fantasy stories by Vaughn Heppner! Many have been previously published in various magazines and print anthologies.The Cockroach Diaries – It’s survival of the fittest in the distant future.The Living Totem – Mak… more

Lod enters the forests of Zimri, a gloomy world of oaks, barbarians and the terrible Esus Tree. There the savages hoist the living, leaving them to dangle by their throats from the bloodstained branches. Esus is their hidden god, a First Bo… more

The Nephilim had a plan. They would storm Eden, defeat the guardian Cherub with his flaming sword and eat from the Tree of Life. Then they would rule the Earth as immortal gods.First, they needed armor to resist the flaming sword. Second, t… more

The sun beats against his neck. The white arena sand dazzles his eyes. The massed boos and catcalls shake his bones and evil sorcery stirs against him. He is a beast, a thing, given a puny sword and a shield, here to fight for the pleasure … more

In 1348, in Italy, Death opened its maw and vomited out the old gods of Darkness. The Black Plague was only part of their plan. Sorcery returned to Medieval Europe as a priest read from a forbidden scroll.In his arrogance, the priest slew a… more

Lod is bait in the canals of Shamgar. He is a thing, an animal, live meat to lure the giant rats that plague the swamp city. Then something new happens. He begins to have visions of fire and blood, and Gog the Firstborn of an angel and huma… more

Doom is rushing upon the Earth.The ancient gods of vengeance stir, while deep underground in the citadel of Carthage a dragon weaves its web of sorcery.Elissa, a half-breed of the Night People, is the Earth’s last hope. With the help of a m… more

It was supposed to be over—the terrible war between the Elves and Dragons. The enchantment that ended it changed the world, trapped the Great Dragon in Elsewhere and banished the Fair Folk to the Twilight Lands.One day in a marsh, however, … more

In 1263, the barons of England war against the king. Their knights and mercenary crossbowmen burn and pillage those loyal to the throne. It is worse in the Western Marches. There, bands of raiding Welsh, robber knights and archers roam the … more

A particle accelerator experiment goes horribly wrong. The Shop’s cleaners will take care of it. Or will they? Those exposed to dark matter have powers…Gavin Kiel can walk in shadows. He hates sunlight and complications. But he’s in the thi… more

The final battle for Earth draws near. The giants have gathered otherworldly weapons to defeat the guardian Cherub before the Tree of Life. If they win, they will rule the world as gods.Lord Uriah marches with a hardy band of warriors to st… more

The brutal war expands to the Jupiter System, in this, the fourth book of the series.As the Mars Campaign ends, stealth-capsules launch from the Neptune System. Months later, they glide into the Confederation of Jovian Moons. Cyborgs emerge… more

Desiring an invincible beast for his host, Gog sends his offspring Dagon to the Sea of Nur. Dagon has one goal: tame the fabled Behemoth and return it to Shamgar. But the mightiest beast of all lives in the shadow of a lost celestial power … more

Humans are the warheads in a lethal contest of missiles vs. long-range beams in deep space.The desperate Homo sapiens of Earth launch their experimental beamship. It’s ultra-tracking and breakthrough technology allows it to out-range the Do… more

In the dark forest where clawmen hunt is an ancient horn. It was fashioned when the world was young from the bone of a dragon.Now a Frankish knight has come to Belgorod Holding, a warrior that none dares face. He has magic, brutal henchman … more

Before the dawn of history, there was the first civilization with its gleaming spires and proud kings. In that distant era, the giants unleashed an ancient horror as they collected weapons once used by the primeval powers. They summoned a c… more

A Nephilim giant scours the mountains for slaves, using a necromancer, merciless henchmen and primitive hunters.The giant also seeks the perfect woman to impregnate, to bear his strapping son. He is like a god to these pathetic humans, an a… more

The dead walk in Erin, an isle on the Western Ocean. Blood drinkers stalk the living and clawmen drag the unlucky to the Undead Sorcerer. His touch transforms peasants, wives and knights into howling creatures of Darkness as his conquering … more

The brutal war of extinction enters a horrifying new round as the cyborgs arrive from the Neptune System, in this, the third book of the series.The Highborn are remorselessly crushing the obsolete Homo sapiens. Gambling with humanity’s exis… more

One by one, the moons and habitats of the Outer Planets have gone silent: Neptune, Uranus and Saturn. After the cyborg assault against the Jupiter System, the reasons seem obvious.Those of the Inner Planets desperately scan the void for sig… more