'THE COMING DAWN' 48 pages of non-stop drama and action bring the eight-year saga to its penultimate conclusion!

"NIGHT'S END" On the last night of the world as it was, the restored Order of the Templar marches against the fortress stronghold of mad King Icarus. Yet as they lay siege without the guidance of Karic, the heroic young mouse that overcame their generations of prejudice and division, will everything they fight for prove lost to the horrors that arrive with the coming dawn? One Night! One glorious, terrifying battle! Where every Legend Dream, Destiny, and Prophecy will collide for the fate of the world they know! The grand finale of a 10-year creator-owned vision! Featuring a foreword by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS!

"RUNNING RED" The greatest battle in the history of the Dark Lands continues -- Templar, Maeven, Rat, Bat, Cat, Weasel, Owl and Serpent wage war for control of the city -- and the very destiny of the Shadow Time!

"SIEGE" The restored Templar bring their final battle to the very gates of King Icarus's strongholdÑthe fortress city of Dealrach Ard-Vale, where the doomed insurrection of its desperate inhabitants await rescue. But as the armies of salvation go to war without the guidance and leadership of Karic, the heroic young mouse who overcame their generations of prejudice and division, under which banner will they fight? Five Issues. One Night! One glorious, terrifying battle! Where every LegendÑDream, Destiny & ProphecyÑwill collide for the fate of the world they know! The grand finale of an eight-year creator-owned vision! The two-time Harvey Award-winning series concludes, from the acclaimed creators of Powers, Polar, and Furious!

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years. What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . . Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth. A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

"TWISTS OF FATE" Long ago, two brothers fought for control of the Templar and plunged the Dark Lands into chaos and tyranny. Now, on the brink of restoration and victory...Karic and Cassius, Leito and Pilot grapple over which noble mouse deserves to wield the sacred Mark of Kuhl-En and lead the final assault on the palace. One will win. One will die. And the hearts of those who survive will be forever changed.

Dungeon, Fire and Sword is a good book for all who enjoy a well-written, well-researched story of stupidity, greed, barbarity, unspeakable cruelty, deception, fraud, treachery and sanctimony... John J. Robinson has written a fascinating history of an incredible time.