The most popular book we released last year was Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria, which featured five stories by Manly Wade Wellman about his character Kardios, the last survivor of Atlantis. Fans have asked us to bring back more Wellman into print, and we couldn't refuse. We just made arrangements to reprint Cahena, the last novel Wellman wrote.

Cahena is a historical novel (with fantasy elements) dealing with the brave and beautiful warrior queen who reigned over the Berbers in the seventh century. The Cahena, as she was known, was believed to be a sorceress and prophetess. She led an army forty thousand strong, wielding javelins and scimitars, in a valiant struggle against the Mohammedan invaders who were fresh from their conquest of Carthage. Rich in historical detail and dramatic action, this is a story to rival the great war epics of all time.

Cahena was originally published in hardcover in 1986 and has been out of print since then. We’re very excited to bring it back into print after nearly thirty-five years! The DMR Books edition will be its first ever presentation in both paperback and digital formats. It will be released in October.

More Upcoming Releases from DMR Books

July: A Million Years in the Future by Thomas P. Kelley - A fantastic science fiction adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was originally serialized in Weird Tales in 1940, and has never been published in book form before.

August: The Great Die Slow and Other Tales of Dark Adventure by Harry Piper - A collection of sword and sorcery tales with strong elements of cosmic horror set in a Dark Age Celtic landscape. By the author of “The Thing in the Field” from Warlords, Warlocks & Witches.

September: The Godblade by J. Christopher Tarpey - In this long-awaited novel, the saga of barbarian hero Raenon’s struggle against the powers of chaos continues! This is a direct sequel to the story “Vengeance of the Insane God” from Swords of Steel.

November: A collection (as yet untitled) of Edmond Hamilton’s seldom-reprinted science/fantasy adventure stories from Weird Tales.