The warrior
Irijah
A wandering mercenary out of the Syrian desert. Sword, crossbow, and a mijwiz he never puts down.
Book One · Historical fantasy
Warrior Of Lifta
Story & art by Walker Philip. Thirty-eight chapters and seventy illustrations, from the deserts of Ottoman Syria to the fairy realm of Tir Na Nog.
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Chapters
269,823
Words
1,094
Pages
70
Illustrations
The story
1586
In the deserts of Syria a young man walks alone, a sword across his back and a crossbow at his side, playing a mijwiz as he goes. His name is Irijah.
He rides with the Sha'Mar brotherhood — the mercenary guild founded in 1561 by a Syrian commander named Ishmerai, chartered by the city emir to hold the walls of Jerusalem against every foreign threat. It is steady work, and it is not enough.
Beyond the reach of the Ottoman record, another power has been rising: a monarchy out of Austria, ruled by a queen the histories refuse to name, rumoured to be a witch. What follows over the next two decades was never written down.
The road takes Irijah to Galway and Constantinople, into the Yerebatan Cistern, through Athens and France, and finally out of the recorded world altogether — into Tir Na Nog, to be tried by its fairy king.
“This story is more or less a message that reminds every single soul out there among the living that you're never alone in this world.” Walker Philip, from the afterword
The cast
Who you'll travel with
Galway Selkie
Lynet
One of three women out of Galway whose skill at stealth combat unsettles the entire brotherhood.
Galway Selkie
Breanna
The sharpest tongue of the trio. Draws a hard line between an ally and a friend.
The Queen's right hand
Aster
Her favoured commander, and by reputation the deadliest assassin in all of Europe.
Founder, Sha'Mar
Ishmerai
The Syrian commander who built the brotherhood in 1561 and talked an emir into funding it.
Sha'Mar veteran
Adriel
Two years Irijah's senior and the man who trained him. Crossbow and short sword, Assyrian dress.
Contents
Thirty-eight chapters
Plus a prologue, an epilogue, and an afterword from the author.
—Prologue
1A New Champion Rises
2False Peace
3Sudden Intervention
4The Galway Selkies
5Departure
6Queen of Lunaria
7Dark Past
8Faceoff Against the Strong Arm Executioner
9Infiltration
10Constantinople Crisis
11Into the Yerebatan Cistern
12The Athenian Duo
13Recurring Nightmare
14The Shadow Hunter Strikes
15Mischievous Menaces
16Twisted Carnage
17A Wild Lionheart Appears!
18The Lionheart Roars
19Pirate Captain of the Adede
20Battle at Sea
21Scarred Roots
22Attack of the Twin Constructs
23Lair of Reptillians
24The Dark Phantom Lurks
25Realm of Tir Na Nog
26Trials of the Fairy King
27Mastering the Elements
28Urgent Return to France
29Bloodstained Fey
30The Oracle
31Colossal Rumble
32Fading Light
33Aster's Resolve
34Ishmerai's Confession
35Fallen Brotherhood
36Irijah Blazes into Battle
37Justice for Our Homelands
38Legacy
—Epilogue
—Afterword
Interior art
Seventy illustrations
Every panel drawn by the author. Select any one to enlarge it; use the arrow keys to move through the set.
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Warrior Of Lifta, Book One
1,094 pages, seventy illustrations, one very long road out of the desert.
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