David Day

Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations beneath the saga's thrilling surface. Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J. R. R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David...

A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth. The fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creatures, as well as a deep, intertwined history that spans thousands of years. In this beautifully illustrated volume, bestselling author and Tolkien scholar David Day presents four decades of research and writing on the lands and inhabitants’ Middle earth....

Two brothers—one searching for answers to his father's suicide, the other for relief from a decade of guilt—share a dark family secret. A deputy, consumed by the decade-old disappearance of her cousin, draws lines connecting both brothers to her own obsession. When the discovery of an ancient artifact summons an old man to a small town, the stone relic's haphazard unearthing strips the townsfolk of their daily facade and forces them to confront...

Also included, the original tale of "Deadworld: Guns for Sale", from Caliber Presents #8. As Dan and Joey depart the community they were staying with, a band of survivors in Michigan decide to head to the wilds of the Upper Peninsula, hoping that the cold weather and sparse population will inhibit the menace of the walking dead. Lead by John this ragtag group races for the remote area, hoping they can establish their own civilization. Meanwhile King...

Albert and Wayne are attacked accidentally by townspeople in northern Michigan. Kirk leaves the airplane for a small city that was a battleground and is surprised by an escaped convict, Clarence. King Zombie takes his army of zombies on a train to head up north in pursuit of a new gate opener. Albert is brought into the camp where John and Stacey are. They find out that a group of humans have taken over a nearby town called Wolverine. If they go through...

Joey resists leaving the city but he won't let Dan leave alone. Kirk is a member of a loosely organized faction that refuses to take the overall zombie threat seriously. They hunt down zombies for sport and set them on fire. Kirk and a few others decide to leave the Appalachians because they know that disaster awaits them in this group. Wayne and Albert find themselves forced to watch a family fall to the zombies, realizing they would only get themselves...

After Dan and Joey have left their city, we find out that the community was over-run by the zombies with few survivors. Meanwhile Wayne provides a service of cleaning out houses of zombies for ammo and food in a small village. And Kirk finds an ingenious way to escape a group of nearby zombies.