Book 2 of The Gods Within, The SteelMaster of Indwallin, is available at amazon.com/dp/B00AOAKRPO
Book 3 of The Gods Within, The Heart of the Sands, is available at amazon.com/dp/B00FMX280U
Rat is no ordinary thief. A feral, filthy and malnourished child; he haunts the streets of the medieval city Anistigh and survives on what he can steal. When he tries to steal a purse and bungles it, a mob wants to cut off his hand as punishment, so to save himself he slips into a convenient shadow to hide. Rat thinks it's just another warm and comfortable shadow cast by the sun, but a clan wizard sees him create the shadow with his magic, an instinctive act of which Rat is unaware. Rat's magic is subtle, but potentially quite powerful, so he is adopted into the greatest of the Lesser Clans, adopted into a family, and given the name Morgin.
Morgin quickly grows into manhood and the clan teaches him wizardry and sorcery and swordsmanship. Having survived the streets of Anistigh, Morgin is inclined to avoid conflict,would be content to remain on the sidelines in the ever present clan rivalries. But as a clansman he inherits the enemies of the clan, and his shadowmagic proves to be a powerful weapon. As the ancestral conflict between the Greater and Lesser Clans once again leads to war, not even the clans realize that their petty little war is spawned by the primeval battle between the righteous gods of the Celestial Plane and the fallen gods of the Nether Plane. For it is upon the Mortal Plane,with mortal lives, and mortal pain and suffering and death; it is upon the Mortal Plane that the gods meet and fight their wars.
Review
"...a magical world of witches, wizards and war in this high-energy first installment of an epic-fantasy series...A fine fantasy novel that will provide readers with a good weekend escape from reality" -- Kirkus Reviews*
Kindle Book Review Editor's Pick week of 8/5/2013
Semifinalist in The Kindle Book Review's* 2013 Best Indie Book Awards
From the Author
7/27/2013: Manuscript for The Heart of the Sands, book 3 of The Gods Within is complete. Now it goes to editing and proofreading, then formatting for publication. Should be available late September or early October.
Description:
Book 2 of The Gods Within, The SteelMaster of Indwallin, is available at amazon.com/dp/B00AOAKRPO
Book 3 of The Gods Within, The Heart of the Sands, is available at amazon.com/dp/B00FMX280U
Rat is no ordinary thief. A feral, filthy and malnourished child; he haunts the streets of the medieval city Anistigh and survives on what he can steal. When he tries to steal a purse and bungles it, a mob wants to cut off his hand as punishment, so to save himself he slips into a convenient shadow to hide. Rat thinks it's just another warm and comfortable shadow cast by the sun, but a clan wizard sees him create the shadow with his magic, an instinctive act of which Rat is unaware. Rat's magic is subtle, but potentially quite powerful, so he is adopted into the greatest of the Lesser Clans, adopted into a family, and given the name Morgin.
Morgin quickly grows into manhood and the clan teaches him wizardry and sorcery and swordsmanship. Having survived the streets of Anistigh, Morgin is inclined to avoid conflict,would be content to remain on the sidelines in the ever present clan rivalries. But as a clansman he inherits the enemies of the clan, and his shadowmagic proves to be a powerful weapon. As the ancestral conflict between the Greater and Lesser Clans once again leads to war, not even the clans realize that their petty little war is spawned by the primeval battle between the righteous gods of the Celestial Plane and the fallen gods of the Nether Plane. For it is upon the Mortal Plane,with mortal lives, and mortal pain and suffering and death; it is upon the Mortal Plane that the gods meet and fight their wars.
Review
"...a magical world of witches, wizards and war in this high-energy first installment of an epic-fantasy series...A fine fantasy novel that will provide readers with a good weekend escape from reality" -- Kirkus Reviews*
Kindle Book Review Editor's Pick week of 8/5/2013
Semifinalist in The Kindle Book Review's* 2013 Best Indie Book Awards
From the Author
7/27/2013: Manuscript for The Heart of the Sands, book 3 of The Gods Within is complete. Now it goes to editing and proofreading, then formatting for publication. Should be available late September or early October.