A new Dungeons & Dragons adventure awaits! Return to Icewind Dale with a new party of adventurers! Can these five unlikely heroes stop the plot of an ancient, primordial evil?A never-ending winter night is driving an isolated northern town to the brink of madness. To save them, Runa, Saarvin, Patience, Amos, and Belvyre must traverse the blighted tundra to find a cure. On the journey, they’ll encounter frozen obstacles, unimaginable monsters, and, perhaps most dangerous, dissension in their ranks and the fraying of the bonds of friendship that must sustain them through the dark. Based on the original, massively popular tabletop role-playing game and featuring a brand-new cast of characters, Dungeons and Dragons: At the Spine of the World is written by New York Times bestselling author AJ Mendez and writer/actor Aimee Garcia! Martin Coccolo (Green Lantern, Star Trek: Year Five) provides stunning art that will have readers feeling the crunch of snow under their boots.Whether you’re a veteran dice-slinger or a new visitor to the Forgotten Realms, At the Spine of the World is a perfect gateway to new adventure.
About Artists & Writers:
AJ Mendez is the New York Times Bestselling author of Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules. She is a mental health advocate and animal rights activist. Currently she serves as an ambassador for NAMI, The JED Foundation, The ASPCA, and Girls Make Games. As a former professional wrestler with the WWE under the ring name AJ Lee, she has won three championships and numerous awards. In her spare time she enjoys comic books, video games, and collecting snow globes and mugs because, on the inside, she is somehow both 12 and 80 years old.Aimee Garcia is a Chicago native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, who made her stage debut at age seven in Paul Mejia’s Cinderella. By age twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as Clara in The Nutcracker. She joined the Young People’s Company, whose alumni include John Cusack, Joan Cusack and Jeremy Piven. Aimee triple majored in economics, journalism, and French at Northwestern University. While there, she signed a two-year contract with Paramount Television when she was chosen to headline Norman Lear’s pilot for The Chavez Family, and played the lead role of Diana Morales in A Chorus Line for Broadway choreographer Mitzi Hamilton. She is known for her television roles on George Lopez, Vegas, Dexter, and Lucifer.