Marco Rubboli has devoted decades to European historical martial arts \u2014 including medieval and Renaissance fencing, Greek boxing, pankration, gladiatorial combat, Spanish navaja<\/em> fencing and stage combat (which he teaches at the Bernstein School of Musical Theater in Bologna). With numerous national competitive titles to his name, he is a master of both historical and artistic fencing. He founded what is today one of Europe\u2019s largest HEMA schools, Sala d\u2019Arme A. Marozzo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il Cadetto di Guascogna (<\/em>The Cadet of Gascony<\/em>)<\/em> is a short dark fantasy saga in which d\u2019Artagnan and the Three Musketeers \u2014 the iconic characters created and made famous by Alexandre Dumas \u2014 are confronted with the threat of a necromancers\u2019 conspiracy. It includes for the moment three short novels: Il contagio di Meung<\/em> (The Plague of Meung<\/strong>), <\/strong>L\u2019inferno sotto Parigi<\/em> (Hell Beneath Paris<\/strong>) <\/strong>and <\/strong>La donna che torn\u00f2 dalla morte <\/em>(The Woman Who Returned from Death<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the fifteenth century of an alternate world, the Roman Empire has ever continued to expand, yet for centuries it has been forced to fight against the Children of Darkness: vampires, necromancers, black mages and other monstrous beings, who use magic to gain superhuman powers. <\/strong>The Black Praetorians <\/strong>have <\/strong>only weapons, training, and courage to stand against the lurking Evil. They are the blade that shines in the darkness, the guardians of the gates of Hell, <\/strong>the<\/strong> left hand <\/strong>of <\/strong>the Emperor. The saga currently consists of two short novels: <\/strong>Ombre sulla Dacia<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>(<\/strong>Shadows over Dacia<\/em>)<\/em> and <\/strong>Seta macchiata di sangue<\/em><\/strong> (<\/strong>Silk Stained with Blood<\/em>)<\/em>, along with numerous short stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Other short novels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – <\/strong>La danza pietrificata<\/em><\/strong> (<\/strong>The Petrified Dance<\/strong>). <\/strong>Only a daring course of action can finally unravel the dark mysteries hanging over a small medieval town in the heart of Italy and the castle that looms above it. Yet uncovering certain truths may prove extremely dangerous. A perilous historical investigation into a medieval mystery, set in the 1920s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – La Signora delle Caverne<\/em><\/strong> (The Lady of the Caves). <\/strong>A young Italian couple on holiday in Crete. A girl who vanishes without a trace on a beach at sunset. A young man who refuses to give up. From this point on, the bloodiest roots of classical myth are unearthed and reimagined through a weird lens, as an absolute horror from which even the celestial gods themselves are born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My short stories also appear in numerous Italian collections and magazines, spanning genres from historical to fantasy, sci-fi and horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Guerra nella Terra di Mezzo \u2013 Battaglie, duelli, stratagemmi e potere nelle opere di J. R. R. Tolkien <\/em><\/strong>(<\/strong>War in Middle-earth \u2013 Battles, Duels, Strategy and Power in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien<\/strong>) <\/strong>All the conflicts and battles of Arda since its creation \u2014 from individual duels to great wars \u2014 from The Silmarillion<\/em> to The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, examined through the lens of fencing, tactics, and military strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Il Grimorio degli Stregoni <\/em>(The Grimoire of the Sorcerers<\/strong>) <\/strong>A mysterious manuscript brings together the spellbooks of two fifteenth-century magicians. The Witch of the Forest describes a wide range of magical practices, while a misterious knight \u2014 secretly a Druid-Sorcerer \u2014 introduces the esoteric use of body and sword and the art of communicating with nature spirits and the vegetal world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have contributed to or edited a wide range of works on European martial arts history starting from 1994, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, I appear as a character in four Italian novels, historical and Fantasy: \u201cAulo il Romano\u201d and \u201cTrinax il Trace\u201d by Giuseppe Rudilosso, \u201cIl maestro dei sapori\u201d by Jari Lanzoni and \u201cLo speziale\u201d by Caterina Franciosi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All my Books in Italian \u2014 Novels, Short Stories, Historical Fencing and More. Some of them soon in English too… Marco Rubboli has devoted decades to European historical martial arts \u2014 including medieval and Renaissance fencing, Greek boxing, pankration, gladiatorial combat, Spanish navaja fencing and stage combat (which he teaches at the Bernstein School of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe <\/strong>CROWN OF STEEL <\/strong>Saga<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Main Novels<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Short <\/strong>Novels<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Cadet of Gascony <\/strong>saga<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Black Pretorians saga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Anthology Contributions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Fantasy Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Historical Fencing and Martial Arts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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