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Nathan Sassaman (b. 1963) is a retired United States Army officer and the author of the 2008 book Warrior King (with Joe Layden) about his experiences in the Iraq War.. Raised in Portland, Oregon, Sassaman was an A student and the son of a Methodist minister who earned appointments to both West Point and the Air Force Academy, and was also recruited by Princeton.
Storm of Wings (2002) (ISBN 1-84149-104-7); Knighthood of the Dragon (2003) (ISBN 1-84149-216-7); The Last Battle (2004) (ISBN 1-84149-179-9); Dragonmaster is an action trilogy following the life and exploits of Hal Kailas, a peasant who left home at an early age.
Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard.The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejected Kull story.
1995, US, Baen Books ISBN 0-671-87673-2, Pub date July 1995, Paperback, as Kull, removes Carter edits, adds story "The Curse of Golden Skull" 2006, US. Del Rey ISBN 0-345-49017-7 , Pub. date 2006, Trade paperback, as "Kull, Exile of Atlantis", includes early non-Kull work from 1924, as well as biographical essays detailing Kull's creation.
In ancient Egypt, King Memtep makes a covenant with Anubis, lord of the underworld, to create a cursed sword so powerful that whoever possesses it could rule the world.. The sword, named the "Fang of Anubis", is fuelled by taking the souls of its enemies; the names of those killed by the sword are forever written in the Book of So
Warrior King may refer to: Warrior King (musician) (Mark Dyer, born 1979), a Jamaican reggae singer Tom-Yum-Goong , a 2005 Thai action film released in the United Kingdom as Warrior King
Kyūjutsu (弓術) ("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan. [1] Although the samurai are perhaps best known for their swordsmanship with a katana (), kyūjutsu was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history.
In the Ramayana, Parashurama, the Brahmin warrior who is famously the scourge of Kshatriyas, regales the tale of the bow. Vishvakarma creates the bows of Pinaka and Sharanga to settle the question of the superiority of the deities Vishnu and Shiva. Vishnu is victorious, and Shiva presents his bow to the king of Mithila.