Rogues of the Black Fury: Recent Episodes
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"Rogues of the Black Fury mixes a berserk action thriller sharp as a mercenary's sword with hard-bitten fantasy so gritty it might scour your bones clean by the time you're done." -- Matt Forbeck, author of Carpathia and The Amortals
"Heermann's Rogues is epic, exciting, and a hell of a lot of fun! From the very beginning, the world he crafts feels alive and real. By the last page, I didn't want to leave. Adventure at its finest, honed to a gleaming bloody edge." - Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series
"Bold, colorful characters pull the reader into an unforgettable adventure with the perfect mix of suspense, intrigue, and action."
--Jeanne Cavelos, author of The Passing of the Techno-Mages
When a band of shadowy fanatics abducts Javin Wollstone’s little sister, Bella, from his care, his only hope to bring her home is turning to a hard-bitten band of special warriors, Commander Rusk and the Black Furies.
The Black Furies are infamous for their bloodthirstiness, their amorality, their unconventional tactics—and for their success.
Javin follows Rusk and his men as they charge through a maze of political intrigues, religious fanaticism, and centuries of racial distrust in a headlong chase across the high seas to save the girl’s life. Little do they know that little Bella Wollstone’s fate could be the spark that sets off a war of Armageddon.
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Sasha is tortured for information by her captors. Bella prepares herself for the horrors to come. The mastermind of the abductors plots his next move.
Special guest performers: Mary Rodgers and Danielle McCarville
Janus Wollstone confronts Taril for his duplicitous behavior. Javin and the Furies arrive too late to find Bella, but the trail is still fresh.
Bella agonizes over Sasha's capture. Meanwhile, Javin and the other two recruits search for the rest of the Furies amid a city up in arms against them.
Javin, Tonin, and Maggot lay low as best they can, waiting for the opportunity to rejoin the Furies. Sasha goes looking for the missing recruits and finds trouble.
Special guest performer: Mary Rodgers
Javin and the other recruits find themselves cut off from the rest of the Furies--and hunted. The mastermind of the conspirators expands his web of intrigue with plans to reignite and expand the war.
Javin and the rest of the Furies infiltrate hostile territory, and Javin finds something he did not expect. Meanwhile, the conspirators continue their nefarious schemes.
Bella gets a shocking glimpse of what lies in store for her, and of how her captors breed such blind fanaticism.
Bella and her captors arrive at what could be her final destination, and she finds herself clapped in chains of slavery, along with dozens of other women.
Javin faces near-crippling moral dilemmas. As Bella's pursuers whisk her onward toward her ultimate destination, the Furies must resort to cold-blooded slaughter to stay secret, to stay hidden. Javin wonder how much of his humanity will remain, even if they succeed.
A narrow miss to rescue Bella lands Javin and the Furies in the middle of a hostile countryside, and force some hard choices about how to accomplish their mission.
Special Guest performer: Danielle McCarville!
Bella's captors shed their false identities and begin to reintegrate with their countrymen, but perhaps the land of piety and righteousness is not everything they dream. In the clutches of a temple priesthood, Bella is attacked.
Javin's training with the Black Furies begins in earnest aboard the swift, commandeered pirate ship. Meanwhile, Bella seems to get farther and farther away. She senses the end of her journey drawing near.
Pirates get a nasty surprise on the high seas. Suspicion and fear strike deep in Norgard, and Janus Wollstone wrestles with the possibility that he has a city full of spies.
Javin joins the Black Furies as they set sail in pursuit of Bella’s abductors, but the high seas are not a safe place.
Javin chooses a companion as he sets off to find the Black Furies. Bella discovers in despair that she has more power than she expected.
A strange Farthi ship sails into Norgard harbor, and the conspirators plot their next move.
Sasha and the Black Furies move quietly into action. Bella's captivity takes a turn for the worse. Special guest performers: Mary Rodgers and Danielle McCarville!
With Janus found, badly wounded, Taril's motivations carefully veiled, and startling revelations to absorb, Javin must make a difficult decision.
Taril Wollstone and Rusk face off over the missing Grand General's orders. Javin goes back to Norgard, tail between his legs, to discover that his father is missing, and forces may already be moving to replace him.
Janus catches up with the conspirators in the bowels of the Underground. Javin makes his way back to the Rook’s Nest with the precious red sash.
Does Javin have what it takes to join the Black Furies' search for Bella? Does he want to find out?
Javin meets his first Black Fury, confirming his worst fears. Janus closes in on the trail of Bella’s abductors, and discovers a startling new complexity to the conspiracy against him.
The conspirators in Bella's abduction plot their next move. Janus and Taril discuss politics, options, and the Black Furies.
Bella finds herself to be a helpless captive aboard a ship bound for unknown lands. But who are her captors?
Janus breaks the news to Javin that he will be removed from command of the Blue Dragons and sent to join Rusk and the Black Furies. However, Javin must first pass Rusk’s tests. If Javin is not man enough to pass Rusk’s tests, where does that leave him?
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Janus Wollstone, the Grand General of Cusca, tries to hold himself, and his country, together after his daughter’s abduction. Desperate for every weapon at his disposal, he calls in Rusk, commander of the Black Furies.
Bella Wollstone, daughter of the Janus Wollstone, the Grand General of Cusca, has been abducted by some of her own bodyguards, and Javin is injured. How will their father respond to this catastrophe?
Javin and Bella Wollstone, son and daughter of the Grand General of Cusca, attend a historical play, but they get more than they bargained for.