Place Among the Fallen by Adrian Cole

Cole has previously published four novels in England, all of them were published by Robert Hale. The novel Madness Emerging had a Lovecraftian feel to it, as it was set in a small Cornish community overrun by an alien force (based on one he had lived in for five years). His next two young adult fantasy novels, Moorstones and The Dream of Giants, were published in England, the first set on Dartmoor and the second in the South West. The Omaran Saga and Star Requiem were among the fantasy series that followed, as were novelizations of his stories about the Voidal, a S and S character, and his elemental sidekick, Elfloq the Familiar. He edited Young Thongor, a compilation of Lin Carter's short stories about Thongor of Lemuria.

In his novel Night of the Heroes, a group of superheroes come together in an odd alliance to fight an evil genius. He's had short stories published in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series (DAW Books) and was previously nominated for the erstwhile Balrog Award. In the anthology Swords Against the Millennium, his story Dark Destroyer was published. The Crimson Talisman, set in the realm of Eberron, was his first shared-world novel.

Cole has worked as a librarian, an educational administrator, and the Director of Resources at a big secondary school in Bideford, North Devon, where he lives in an old blacksmith's forge with his wife Judy, son Sam, and daughter Katia.