Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Crocken the peddler
had made a bad bargain.
It wasn’t the first time.
He’d lost at love, he’d lost his life savings--
he even lost his own shadow!
For the promise of gold and a chance to keep breathing, he’d agreed to conduct the shadow-remnant of a murdered wizard to the distant kingdom of Armyn.
Crocken kept his end of the deal—he braved leagues of trackless wilderness, flooded rivers and savage beasts. He won through to the fortress of Axe-Edge—where he found his term of servitude endlessly extended
at his shadow-master’s whim.
He found he was mistaken for a hero.
He found that doors opened for a hero which would have been slammed in any ordinary peddler’s face.
And behind one of those doors
waited the wizard’s murderer…
The Wizard's Shadow is now up on Kindle. Soon to follow: Nook and Createspace.
Look for me at the Beaver County Bookfest Saturday, September 12th
in downtown Beaver, Pennsylvania!
had made a bad bargain.
It wasn’t the first time.
He’d lost at love, he’d lost his life savings--
he even lost his own shadow!
For the promise of gold and a chance to keep breathing, he’d agreed to conduct the shadow-remnant of a murdered wizard to the distant kingdom of Armyn.
Crocken kept his end of the deal—he braved leagues of trackless wilderness, flooded rivers and savage beasts. He won through to the fortress of Axe-Edge—where he found his term of servitude endlessly extended
at his shadow-master’s whim.
He found he was mistaken for a hero.
He found that doors opened for a hero which would have been slammed in any ordinary peddler’s face.
And behind one of those doors
waited the wizard’s murderer…
The Wizard's Shadow is now up on Kindle. Soon to follow: Nook and Createspace.
Look for me at the Beaver County Bookfest Saturday, September 12th
in downtown Beaver, Pennsylvania!
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