The Wars of Atlantis (Dark Osprey) - Softcover

Masters, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472809327 ISBN 13: 9781472809322

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

On the very edge of recorded history, the fabled island of Atlantis formed the centre of a vast and powerful empire. From there, the divinely-descended lords of the western ocean made war on the rest of the world, until a brave resistance drove them back, and the gods punished them for their hubris. In that last cataclysmic struggle, between gods and mortals, the whole island continent was cast into the sea.

For the first time, this book reconstructs the fact and fiction of that lost age of gods and heroes, including the political organization of the Atlantean Empire, the equipment and tactics of the armies of Atlantis and their enemies, and the stories of the great wars themselves, from the early struggles between Atlantean colonies and the Amazons of North Africa to the final and catastrophic counter-invasion of Atlantis by the peoples of Europe and Asia.

About this title

About the Author:

Phil Masters has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and spent a few years as a computer programmer before somehow becoming a full-time author and occasional editor, specializing in roleplaying games material. He has worked in genres ranging from historical fantasy through superheroes to science fiction, and been allowed to play in a lot of other writers' worlds. He has written or contributed to numerous books for companies including Hero Games (for whom he created Kingdom of Champions), White Wolf (The Artisan's Handbook and The Swashbuckler's Handbook), Atlas Games (Faerie Stories), and Steve Jackson Games (GURPS Arabian Nights, GURPS Places of Mystery, GURPS Atlantis, GURPS Dragons, GURPS Banestorm, and - with Terry Pratchett - The Discworld Roleplaying Game). He is currently line editor for the Transhuman Space hard SF roleplaying setting from the latter company. The author lives in Hertfordshire, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472809327
• ISBN 13: 9781472809322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Peņa Jose Daniel Cabrera, Pinar Rocio Espin