This page is for details of Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand and resident in Japan, a writer and cancer survivor.


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Cancer survivor's blog - writer Hugh Cook, lymphoma survivor, normally resident in Japan, picks up the pieces and goes forward. Hugh Cook is a British-born novelist, a poet and a writer of short stories. This zenvirus.com site features his stories, poems and some of his novels (variously, sample chapters or complete texts).

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Hugh Cook's published novels include PLAGUE SUMMER, THE SHIFT and the ten volumes of the CHRONICLES OF AN AGE OF DARKNESS series. For background information on the CHRONICLES OF AN AGE OF DARKNESS series see:-

CHRONICLES

This site include a map of the milieu of the CHRONICLES OF AN AGE OF DARKNESS (the world of THE WITCHLORD AND THE WEAPONMASTER, aka WIZARD WAR, and so on.) For the map,see:

MILIEU MAP

Hugh Cook has some comments about the writing of the CHRONICLES OF AN AGE OF DARKNESS series in his diary at:

WIZARD WAR


Hugh Cook has some writing about how to write creatively at:

write fiction

For a complete list of the novels Hugh Cook has written together with Hugh Cook's comments on those novels see:

novel list

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Novels by Hugh Cook:-

PLAGUE SUMMER
THE SHIFT
THE WIZARDS AND THE WARRIORS
THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD
THE WOMEN AND THE WARLORDS
THE WALRUS AND THE WARWOLF
THE WICKED AND THE WITLESS
THE WISHSTONE AND THE WONDERWORKERS
THE WAZIR AND THE WITCH
THE WEREWOLF AND THE WORMLORD
THE WORSHIPPERS AND THE WAY
THE WITCHLORD AND THE WEAPONMASTER
BAMBOO HORSES
TO FIND AND WAKE THE DREAMER


Of the ten books in the CHRONICLES OF AN AGE OF DARKNESS series (THE WIZARDS AND THE WARRIORS and the other W/W books), some have been published in the North American market. THE WIZARDS AND THE WARRIORS appeared as WIZARD WAR; THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD as THE QUESTING HERO and THE HERO'S RETURN; THE WOMEN AND THE WARLORDS as THE ORACLE; and the first third of THE WALRUS AND THE WARWOLF as LORDS OF THE SWORD.


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As of 2006, paperback versions of seven of the CHRONICLES books were available via amazon.com while the full texts of the three that were out of print were available on Hugh Cook's web site zenvirus.com at:-

zenvirus.com/hugh-cook/free-novels.html


The three out of print titles, available free to read online, were THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD, THE WORSHIPPERS AND THE WAY and THE WITCHLORD AND THE WEAPONMASTER.



THE WITCHLORD AND THE WEAPONMASTER

megasaga fantasy novel full text 250,000 words

Guest Gulkan, the undisciplined son of the Witchlord, endures battles, danger, quests and encounters with the irregular verbs as, aided by the wizard Sken-Pitilkin and others, he lurches toward his destiny. Horror, torture, swords, death ... full text, complete and unexpurgated, online. What are you waiting for?

THE WITCHLORD AND THE WEAPONMASTER
megaquest novel full text




THE WORSHIPPERS AND THE WAY

SF combat struggle novel, full text.

THE WORSHIPPERS AND THE WAY

Military SF novel with murder mystery elements. Complete self-contained novel read full text online for free, unabridged. High tech weaponry. Includes virtual reality SF. Battle challenge!

military SF novel full text

Some of the action takes place in the Combat College and some of the action expands into the city beyond ... the spectrum ranges all the way from the dust of the city to starship combat action.




THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD

THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD

(Published in the US as
THE QUESTING HERO
and
THE HERO'S RETURN)

Complete text self-contained fantasy novel.

Togura Poulaan goes questing (well, more accurately, flees for his life in the face of the threat of his homicidal brother) and ends up encountering pirates, a sea serpent threat, dragons, the wizard Sken-Pitilkin, a wild tribe and that interesting interactive phenomenon known as war. Complete text of a pretty fast-paced novel.


THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD

Questing hero fantasy novel written at an adult level -
fantasy fiction with swords, dragons, magic.

THE WORDSMITHS AND THE WARGUILD -
a questing hero novel

Full text unexpurgated read on line without charge.
Togura Poulaan quests! Pirates! Wild tribes! Horror!
Death! Suffering! Courage! Victory!



TO FIND
AND WAKE
THE DREAMER

The ultimate fantasy novel begins ...

Suicide bomber novel -
free sample 30 chapters




BAMBOO HORSES

A murderer is loose ...

Murder novel - fantasy fiction -
free sample 30 chapters




CANCER PATIENT

The author faces his death ...


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