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A Pyre for Gods and Heroes

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Glorantha, 411 S.T.

A generation ago, the sun stopped in the sky. By the time it began moving again, the world had been changed. A new god had been born. A new empire risen…

In the barren hills between Dragon Pass and Prax, those who reject the new ways live scattered and hunted. Soon, they will be extinct. For the worship of their chief deity, Orlanth, is forbidden, and without him, an entire generation of boys will never become men. Any who attempt the ancient rites of passage die.

Against this stands an outlaw, Vargast Redhand, and a boy who will change the world of Glorantha forever.

That boy’s name is Harmast Barefoot.

Experience Greg Stafford’s legendary world of Glorantha a whole new way! A Pyre for Gods and Heroes, Greg’s long-anticipated novel, takes you back to Glorantha’s First Age, and into the early career of one of the fabled setting’s greatest heroes.


Details

  • Publisher: Chaosium
  • Author: Greg Stafford
  • Additional Development: Jeff Richard, Andrew Logan Montgomery
  • Foreword: Rick Meints
  • Editor: Susan O’Brien
  • Leatherette Cover Design: Monika Godyń
  • Page Count: 440
  • Format: Special Limited Edition Leatherette (indivudally numbered), to be followed by US Trade Paperback, e-book, Kindle, Audible.
  • Year of Release: 2026

Read an Excerpt from Greg’s Novel!

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Related Pages

  • CHA2000 Series Publications
  • CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha (2014)
  • CHA4027 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart (2017)
  • CHA4028 RuneQuest – Roleplaying in Glorantha (2018)
  • CHA4029 Gamemaster Screen Pack (2019)
  • CHA4030 The Coming Storm (2016, 2025)
  • CHA4031 The Eleven Lights (2017, 2025)
  • CHA4032 RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary (2019)
  • CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2018)
  • CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic (2020)
  • CHA4035 RuneQuest Starter Set (2021)
  • CHA4036 RuneQuest Weapons and Equipment (2021)
  • CHA4037 Lands of RuneQuest: Dragon Pass (2024)
  • CHA4038 The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories (2020)
  • CHA4039 The Smoking Ruin and other Stories (2019)
  • CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023)
  • CHA4042 Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia (2023)
  • CHA4043 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers (2023)
  • CHA4044 Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses (2023)
  • CHA4045 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way (2024)
  • CHA4046 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2024)
  • CHA4047 Cults of RuneQuest: The Gods of Fire and Sky (2025)
  • CHA4051 RuneQuest: Adventure Tokens (2025)
  • CHA4053 RuneQuest: Elder Race Adventurers (2025)
  • CHA4055 The Hunt for the Storm Calf (2025)
  • CHA4056 Stealing the Eye (2026)
  • CHA4060 A Darkness at Runegate (2026)
  • CHA4400 13th Age Glorantha (2018)
  • CHA4501 King of Sartar (1992, 2015)
  • CHA4503 The Stafford House Campaign (2022)
  • CHA4504 MIG3 -The Meints Index to Glorantha (2022)
  • Chaosium Magazines
  • Cults of RuneQuest Series
  • RuneQuest 1st, 2nd & Classic Edition Products
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Publications (2017-)
  • Wargames & Card Games

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