Bücher von Tom Golden

An unmoving sun over a land where time stands still. Embittered gods, clutching the last threads of power. A desperate search for mankind's only hope. When disgraced master of antiquities Cyprian Fontaine is asked to join an expedition to find a relic that could save his collapsing civilization, he sees his chance at redemption. But the journey will not be an easy one.The expedition must pass through the cratered remains of the old kingdom, baking beneath the eternally static sun, and into the squalid ruins of the fallen capital city, locked in perpetual night. From wind-scoured mountain peaks to wastelands of ash, they will face sadistic cannibals, nightmarish specters of the dead, and dissension in their own ranks, all to find the broken pieces of a divine blade that, once restored, will grant access to a realm beyond their decaying world.But hoarding the shards of this blade are monstrous gods, the survivors of a cosmic war that left the world's creator dead and the natural order broken. And guiding them to these hidden deities is an enigmatic wanderer from the wastes, a badlander who promises to be Cyprian's salvation... or his downfall.

The stories in this book are all short. Some of them are pretty funny, some awfully serious, some upbeat and adventurous, while still others are quite sad. There's humor, romance, heartbreak, suspense, and even some career advice. You'll laugh and you might even cry, but most of all, you'll be thoroughly ENTERTAINED. Once you start reading RAMBLINGS, you won't want to put it down. Included are the following:Growing up in Minnesota and surviving the cold as well as an older brother Pursuing a first love in the seventh grade (eventually marrying her despite her father's objection) Crazy and even dangerous adventures with his brother, Jerry (when he said, "Watch this," there was big trouble ahead). YIKES! Hot rods and custom cars (and the local police that hated them) Opening a burger, fries, and malt shop restaurant (and dealing with the Godfather) Being trapped on a South Dakota ski lift in a raging rain and lightning storm with a new bride. Raising three sons, lake living, and the garage-band phase A climb to success in the newspaper industry from rookie twenty-year-old classified advertising sales rep to vice president and director