Young Holisz was fascinated at first by the study of wizardry! But then he found something even more fascinating: girls!
One in particular took his fantasy, but there was a problem. Holisz, orphaned as a young boy, worked as groom to the baron's horses and also as a stableboy, while the damsel who captured his fancy was the baron's only daughter!
'Twas a forbidden relationship, and when the Holisz' enemies discovered them together, quick were they to inform the baron!
Cautioned was the baron by his seneschal, that he not anger Holisz' master the wizard by shortening Holisz by a head, yet revenge would he have!
What form his vengeance would take, and how Holisz used his meager skills at wizardry to survive...why, good readers, ye'll just have to read this novel of wizardry, of how Holisz overcame his deformity, and how all was made right in the end for yourself!
An ye favor a tale of high adventure and low humor, narrated by a bard of sobriety seldom endured, this book is for you!
Why, 'tis a tale such as I might have spun meselt!--Bill S., poet and playwright
Genre: Urban Fantasy
One in particular took his fantasy, but there was a problem. Holisz, orphaned as a young boy, worked as groom to the baron's horses and also as a stableboy, while the damsel who captured his fancy was the baron's only daughter!
'Twas a forbidden relationship, and when the Holisz' enemies discovered them together, quick were they to inform the baron!
Cautioned was the baron by his seneschal, that he not anger Holisz' master the wizard by shortening Holisz by a head, yet revenge would he have!
What form his vengeance would take, and how Holisz used his meager skills at wizardry to survive...why, good readers, ye'll just have to read this novel of wizardry, of how Holisz overcame his deformity, and how all was made right in the end for yourself!
An ye favor a tale of high adventure and low humor, narrated by a bard of sobriety seldom endured, this book is for you!
Why, 'tis a tale such as I might have spun meselt!--Bill S., poet and playwright
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Used availability for Jack L Knapp's The Wizard's Apprentice