Second book in a new fiction trilogy for Minecrafters (and first non-Gameknight999 book) from New York Times bestselling author Mark Cheverton -Simultaneous hardcover/trade paperback publication to capture library and general trade sales -The Gameknight999 series (fifteen standalone books published to date, eighteen total scheduled) is a New York Times bestseller and has sold over 1.2 million copies. Fans eagerly await the author's next fiction book for Minecrafters. -Publishing on an accelerated schedule: September 2017 (Zombies Attack!), November 2017 (The Bones of Doom), January 2017 (Into the Spiders' Lair) -There are over 100 million registered Minecraft users worldwide -Simultaneous hardcover/trade paperback publication to capture library and general trade sales
After the fall of the zombies, the balance of power between the monsters of the Far Lands of Minecraft is disrupted. The skeleton warlord Rakar grows stronger, and his skeleton army is leaving a terrible path of destruction in their wake. Watcher and his friends, determined to stop the violence, realize the warlord's power lives in the magical Fossil Bow of Destruction. The mysterious weapon is locked away in the skeletons' subterranean kingdom, but unless the bow is stolen, all of the Far Lands could be destroyed forever! The Rise of the Warlords series is a Minecraft adventure like never before, giving fans the option to play along in Minecraft as they read on custom Far Lands worlds exclusively designed by bestselling author Mark Cheverton.