The Sword and the Chain (Guardians of the Flame #2)

Having passed through the Gate back to Earth, Karl Cullinane, Walter Slovotsky and other surviving fellow fantasy gamers now return to the Other Side, a place of mystery, magic, dragons -- and slavery.

The gamers build their own town, using engineering skills learned on Earth. But their fight against slavery continues. Karl and a small band of followers set out to raid wagons before slavers and their captives can reach the slave markets – and, on this latest trip, to deliver a freed slave child back to her family. They face attacks not only from slavers--the Wizards’ Guild, in alliance with the Slavers’ Guild, had set out to destroy them. Courage, ingenuity, and sharp fighting skills are required as these former college gamers make this wondrous but dangerous land their new home.

The second novel in Joel Rosenberg’s bestselling Guardians of the Flame series.