Whispers in the Dark — Brandon Rospond

Amidst the backdrop of Eastern Europe in the year 1500, an earthquake releases factions of the Eldar Gods and Slavic Deities who have battled millenniums for the control of humanity. On the cross-roads of empires, political and military forces compete for control of a town which contains great treasure and power for those who are willing to take it. Teutonic Knights, Polish and Lithuanian soldiers, Cossacks, Hanseatic Merchants, Templars, Tartars and Imperial spies battle each other on behalf of their own ends. This anthology of short stories brings some of the newest and best in high fantasy to start off this new world of adventure.