{{Short description|2021 book edited by D. M. Ritzlin}} {{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject Books --> | name = Renegade Swords II | title_orig = | translator = | image = Renegade Swords II.jpg | caption = Cover of first edition | editor = D. M. Ritzlin | cover_artist = Brian LeBlanc | country = United States | language = English | series = Renegade Swords | genre = Fantasy | publisher = DMR Books | release_date = 2021 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (paperback) and ebook | pages = 192 | isbn = 978-1-7358982-5-4 | preceded_by = Renegade Swords | followed_by = Renegade Swords III }} '''''Renegade Swords II''''' is an anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by D. M. Ritzlin. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by DMR Books in February 2021.<ref name="ISFDB">{{isfdb title|id=2854157}}</ref><ref name="DMR">Ritzlin, D. M. "[https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2021/2/15/renegade-swords-ii-to-include-stories-by-michael-moorcock-robert-e-howard-karl-edward-wagner Renegade Swords II to Include Stories by Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner]" (publication announcement), Feb. 15, 2021.</ref><ref name="A">[https://www.amazon.com/Renegade-Swords-II-Michael-Moorcock/dp/1735898252/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=renegade+swords+ii&qid=1614746229&sr=8-2 Entry for book on Amazon.com]</ref>
==Summary== The book collects eight classic sword and sorcery short stories and novelettes, including Michael Moorcock's two tales of Rackhir the Red Archer and two stories of Fal the Reiver by Keith Taylor.<ref name="DMR"/>
==Contents== *"The Roaming Forest" (from ''Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard'', 2006) (Michael Moorcock) *"To Rescue Tanelorn" (from ''Science Fantasy'' v. 19, no. 56, Dec. 1962) (Michael Moorcock) *"Marchers of Valhalla" (from ''Marchers of Valhalla'', 1972) (Robert E. Howard) *"Killer" (from ''Midnight Sun'' no. 1, 1974) (David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner) *"The Unlawful Hunter" (from ''Weird Tales'' v. 50, no. 1, Spring 1988) (Keith Taylor) *"The Haunting of Mara" (from ''Weird Tales'' v. 50, no. 3, Fall 1988) (Keith Taylor) *"The Pool of the Stone God" (from ''The American Weekly'', Sep. 23, 1923) (A. Merritt) *"Stoneskin" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''v. 66, no. 6, Jun. 1984) (John Morressy)
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