James Enge

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James Enge is the pseudonym of James M. Pfundstein, an American fantasy and sword and sorcery author. His best known work is the ongoing Morlock the Maker series. His first novel in the series, Blood of Ambrose, was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2010. His newest series, A Tournament of Shadows, tells the origin story of his famous character Morlock Ambrosius.

James M. Pfundstein has a PhD from the University of Minnesota and is a lecturer at Bowling Green State University in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies. He is represented by the Onyxhawke Agency.

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Aged in Oaken Heroes: Heroic Fantasy & Imagined History

What is the proper setting for heroic fantasy? Sometimes it seems that the Heroic Age is like the Golden Age of Science Fiction: twelve (according to the now-elderly wisecrack).

Anyway, it is widely agreed that heroic fantasy is set in some age before we learned that "digital watches were a pretty neat idea", a period frequently described as the Middle Ages.

And this is almost perfectly dumb.

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Average rating: 3.64 · 1,335 ratings · 217 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors

	Blood of Ambrose (Morlock Ambrosius, #1) 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wolf Age (Morlock Ambrosius, #3) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Crooked Way (Morlock Ambrosius, #2) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travellers' Rest (Morlock Ambosius, #0.5) 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guile of Dragons 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrath-Bearing Tree 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery by Lou Anders (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Strahan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Erikson (Contributor) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return of the Sword by Jason M. Waltz (Editor), Stacey Berg, Bill Ward (Goodreads Author) 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords from the East by Harold Lamb, James Enge (Introduction), Howard Andrew Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by James Enge

Morlock Ambrosius (3 books)
by James Enge
3.5311258278145696 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 755 ratings

A Tournament of Shadows (1 book)
by James Enge
3.675 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 80 ratings

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General Fantasy Poll for April read/May discussion.

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

35 votes, 41.2%

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

22 votes, 25.9%

Blood of Ambrose by James Enge

13 votes, 15.3%

The Shamer's Daughter by Lene Kaaberbol

10 votes, 11.8%

The Grey Horse by R.A. MacAvoy

5 votes, 5.9%

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