Here are some notes on the two versions of Stormriders from my Website:
Note: There are two editions of this book, one from ICE and one from ACE( see below). The ICE version is trade paperback size (5.5 x 8.5) and the ACE version is standard paperback novel size (4.25 x 6.5). The ACE version came out under the name Ian Hamnell. Apparently in one of them there's a passage where Brion uses martial arts to defeat a mercenary. In the other edition this passage has been removed. I recently started comparing the two versions and there are several differences. Basically the ACE version seems to be condensed from the ICE version, just in the Prologue and the first part of Chapter 1 I noticed several paragraphs that were in the ICE version completely missing from the ACE version, and many sentences in the ACE version have been truncated from what they were in the ICE version. If you have a choice, the ICE version is definitely the better version to read. I've included an excerpt of the first two paragraphs of Chapter 1 of both versions as an example below.
Excerpt from Chapter 1 (ICE Edition):
Iarsang sat with his back to the sheltering rock and stared dreamily into the storm. He was buffeted by wild shrieking gusts of wind, but none of his frightened charges dared to approach or disturb him even to ask after his health. There were no tales of a Navigator going mad, but -- well --
A snap of lightning exploded just outside of the cave in an actinic fury; the inhabitants of the cave jerked back and cried out in panic. Nomaran Estvir, the senior of the two clerics, was praying in a frantic, hushed voice to his patron deity Phaon, but no one really expected a prompt answer to that. The senior gods of Kulthea, called the Lords of Orhan because popular theory put their home on that luminous moon, had a large but unfanatical following. The gods were casually considerate to the needs of their worshippers, but the deities (including Phaon) were far too busy to concern themselves with specifics -- or individuals. This, the men of Kulthea had little confidence in divine intervention.
Excerpt from Chapter 1 (ACE Edition):
Iarsang sat with his back to the sheltering rock and stared dreamily into the storm. He was buffeted by gusts of wind, but none of his frightened charges dared to approach even to ask after his health. There were no tales of a Navigator going mad, but -- well --
A snap of lightning exploded just outside of the cave in an actinic fury. Nomaran Estvir, the senior of the two clerics, was praying in a frantic, hushed voice to his patron deity Phaon, but no one really expected a prompt answer to that. The Lords of Orhan had a large but unfanatical following. The gods of Kulthea were casually considerate, but most (including Phaon) were far too busy to concern themselves with specifics -- or individuals..
More info on these two books and the other novels can be found at:
http://www.icewebring.com/ICE_Products/Product_Page.php?product_id=503 Stormriders
http://www.icewebring.com/ICE_Products/Product_Page.php?product_id=507 Shadow World (Book 4): Stormriders
http://www.icewebring.com/ICE_Products/Product_Page.php?product_id=504 Shadow World (Book 1): The Burning Goddess
http://www.icewebring.com/ICE_Products/Product_Page.php?product_id=505 Shadow World (Book 2): Clock Strikes Sword
http://www.icewebring.com/ICE_Products/Product_Page.php?product_id=506 Shadow World (Book 3): City of Assassins