Russell Carroll

Russell Carroll is an accomplished author focusing on dark, sword and sorcery fantasy. He passionately crafts tales of noble, but flawed heroes overcoming personal demons to vanquish wicked villains. The kind of adventures he and his friends lived while growing up playing Dungeons and Dragons. A hallmark of his writing is vivid combat so visceral it places the reader in the middle of the action.

In 2020, he fulfilled a lifelong ambition when his short story, The Purple Heart, was published as part of the Days of the Dead fanthology, Nevada Necromance edition. He released his first novel, Relentless Blades: The Prophecies of Zarune, Volume I on October 21, 2024, to much success. Ashbound Oaths, the exciting sequel, releases in the fall of 202

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