The Guardian of the Flame – Warriors by Joel Rosenberg

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The Guardian of the Flame – Warriors by Joel Rosenberg published in 1985 contains the first three books in the Guardians of the Flame series: The Sleeping Dragon, The Sword and the Chain and The Silver Crown. This is a hardback edition in fair condition and no dust jacket.

The Sleeping Dragon

Captives of Sorcery…

It began as just another evening of fantasy gaming with James, Karl, Andrea, and the rest ready to assume their various roles as wizard, cleric, warrior, or thief. But sorcerous gamemaster Professor Deighton had something else planned for this unsuspecting group of college students. And the “game” soon became a matter of life and death as the seven adventurers found themselves transported to an alternate world and into the bodies of the actual characters they had been pretending to be.

Cast into a land where magic worked all too well, dragons were a fire-breathing menace, and only those quick enough with a sword or their wits survived, the young gamers faced a terrible task. For the only way they would ever see Earth again was if they could find the legendary Gate Between Worlds—a place guarded by the most terrifying and deadly enemy of all....

The Sword and the Chain

Having passed through the Gate back to Earth, Karl Cullinane, Walter Slovotsky and other surviving fellow fantasy gamers now return to the Other Side, a place of mystery, magic, dragons — and slavery.

The gamers build their own town, using engineering skills learned on Earth. But their fight against slavery continues. Karl and a small band of followers set out to raid wagons before slavers and their captives can reach the slave markets – and, on this latest trip, to deliver a freed slave child back to her family. They face attacks not only from slavers–the Wizards’ Guild, in alliance with the Slavers’ Guild, had set out to destroy them. Courage, ingenuity, and sharp fighting skills are required as these former college gamers make this wondrous but dangerous land their new home.

The Silver Crown

Karl Cullinaine, Walter Slovotsky and several companions leave Home — the town they’ve built in this world of dragons and magicians to which they have been transported — to continue their fight against slavery. Karl is helped by the faithful and enormous flying dragon Ellegon, with whom he can communicate telepathically. Karl is also on a mission to provide protection to the wife and son of a royal family, whose land and castle are under attack by slave-raiding forces. Fierce fighting and surprises are in store for Karl and his friends, as they fight to defend the kingdom under siege.

The hardback book measures 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ x 2″ and has 722 pages