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Book The Mage Craft Series

Download or read book The Mage Craft Series written by SM Reine and published by Red Iris Books. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's the daughter of Metaraon, the Voice of God. Now it's time for her to take his place in the world - and pay for his sins. He's a doctor as good with a gun as he is with a scalpel. He knows a lot about the preternatural, but he's not saying why. And he's the new Voice of God's only chance of survival. This collection contains the first three books of The Mage Craft Series, amounting to over 210,000 words. About Cast in Angelfire As a half-angel, half-human mage, Marion Garin is the most powerful witch in the world. She’s been embroiled in preternatural politics since childhood and navigates the factions with ease. Or so she’s been told. Unfortunately, she’s lost her memory, and now Marion doesn’t know much of anything. Casting magic? Forget about it. It’s not an accident, either. Someone powerful wanted to take Marion out of preternatural politics, and they succeeded. She’s told that a man named Seth Wilder could help, but she’ll have to find him first. He’s been missing for years. Marion needs to track Seth down and fix her memory before her unknown enemy finishes the job… * * * About Cast in Hellfire Marion Garin is the teenage daughter of Metaraon, the former Voice of God. Now she's also the steward of the Winter Court, which has been in anarchy since a revolution five years earlier. Problem: Marion still doesn't remember anything that happened before two weeks ago. Seth Wilder has a lead on her memories. Whoever stole them and sold Marion's essence to a demon lord in Sheol. Marion wants to help steal them back, even though that means abandoning the Winter Court to war. And Seth can't seem to tell Marion no. He wants Marion nearby. Very nearby. Possibly in his teeth. See, Seth has this little problem where he's developing a killing urge, and it seems to be centered primarily on the half-angel girl who adores him. It conflicts with everything Seth believes himself to be: a moral man, a doctor who heals instead of hurts. Yet he's obsessed with Marion. She wants her memories, and he wants her to have them as much as he wants her blood. They'll work together to make Marion whole, come hell or high water. Even if it means war. Even if it means Seth might hurt Marion. And damned be the consequences... * * * About Cast in Faefire Marion Garin, the Voice of God, is due to marry the Prince of the Autumn Court by the end of the week - assuming that the world's preternatural leadership doesn't have anything to say about it. They plan to strip Prince ErlKonig of his title, ensuring that Marion can't form a god-forbidden treaty with the angels. Still injured from his final fight in Sheol, Seth Wilder is seeking a way to stay alive. If he dies, he'll lose more than his life - he'll be slave to the gods' whims for all eternity. He's ready to take drastic steps. Maybe even make a bargain with the vampires. But what the gods want, they get. And they don't appreciate being defied. Search Terms: bargain box set, paranormal romance box set, romance collection, box set, romance boxed set, urban fantasy boxed set, boxed set

Book Sunny Mage

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  • Author : Renee Hewett
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2021-08-26
  • ISBN : 1949575497
  • Pages : 99 pages

Download or read book Sunny Mage written by Renee Hewett and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s been seven months, and while the mage council has managed to keep the princess safe, those who seek to control the Elven kingdom still pursue her every day. Sunny Burson’s personality matches her name. She’s cheerful, optimistic, and always looking on the bright side of things. She’s also a powerful celestial magic mage with a mean right hook. As the seventh of 12 mages tasked with protecting Princess Ameria Dormaris, Sunny has had plenty of time to prepare her home in the Alaskan wilderness. What she hasn’t prepared for is the darkness that will settle in her home along with the princess. A darkness that she purposefully locked out when she renamed herself Sunny and locked out all memories of her traumatic past. But will she be able to protect the princess when the darkness takes over her dreams and starts to seep into her waking hours?

Book Magic Exposed

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  • Author : Lia Davis
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2022-08-25
  • ISBN : 1949575624
  • Pages : 78 pages

Download or read book Magic Exposed written by Lia Davis and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a member of The Nightshade Guild, Jemma Blackwood is constantly using her magic to help others. But when the entire Guild's powers are stolen, Jemma is left with no choice but to tap into her Dark Fae heritage to restore some of her abilities and save the Guild. With the help of her pixie familiar, Prim, and her mate, Niam, Jemma journeys to the Dark Fae realm on a mission to discover her hidden fae powers. But the very same evil that has paralyzed the Guild will stop at nothing to keep Jemma from embracing her faery strengths. As darkness threatens to consume her, Jemma faces her past and painful truths about her father. The battle ahead of her will require every ounce of her courage and cunning, but Jemma is determined to die before being defeated. Will she be able to return to the Nightshade Guild and help them protect the world once more?

Book Into the Broken Lands

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  • Author : Tanya Huff
  • Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
  • Release : 2023-02-27
  • ISBN : 162567614X
  • Pages : 622 pages

Download or read book Into the Broken Lands written by Tanya Huff and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Tanya Huff presents an all-new world of action and intrigue, where survivors of a disastrous war have outlawed all magic in favor of shared knowledge—but all is not as it seems. Ryan Marsan was never meant to be Heir to the Lord Protector. But his brothers are dead, and for the first time in decades, the Black Flame that protects his people is flickering. Ryan must retrieve its fuel from the mage-destroyed wastes of the Broken Lands, leading Scholars with more knowledge, warriors with more experience, and an ambitious cousin with the morals of a cat. His authority rests with the weapon. The only mage-crafted artifice to survive the wars, it responds to the command of the heirs of Marsanport. While its capabilities are mysterious, its brutality is legend. Except Ryan soon discovers some mysteries are really omissions. The weapon is more than it appears and the Broken Lands will reveal secrets, lies, and the horrors of twisted sorcery. Even his companions hide more than he knows. With Marsanport’s future at risk, Ryan can only race forward, hoping to survive, keep his friends alive—and see truth where it is, not where he wants it to be...

Book Magic Flawed

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  • Author : Jennifer Wedmore
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2023-03-18
  • ISBN : 1949575608
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book Magic Flawed written by Jennifer Wedmore and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2023-03-18 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morwen thought life was back on track after caring for the Elven Princess Ameria and getting her back to her people. A wedding should have been a fun time for everyone, but when the Nightshade Guild Members lost their powers... It was anything but a normal day. Fauxon thought the only thing he had to deal with was a new roommate. Morwen moved in and life was exactly what he had always wanted. Until Morwen fell into a trance, and he got trapped inside it with her. How could they get out and back to their normal life? Or would they be trapped forever?

Book The Griffin Mage  Books 1   2

Download or read book The Griffin Mage Books 1 2 written by and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1: LORD OF THE CHANGING WINDS Little ever happens in the quiet villages of peaceful Feierabiand. For Kes, the course of her life seems set: she'll grow up to be an herb-woman and healer, never quite fitting in but always more or less accepted. And she's content with that path - or she thinks she is. Until the day the griffins come down from the mountains, bringing with them the fiery wind of their desert and a desperate need for a healer. But what the griffins need is a healer who is not quite human...or a healer who can be made into something not quite human. Book 2: LAND OF THE BURNING SANDS Gereint Enseichen of Casmantium knows little and cares less about the recent war in which his king tried to use griffins and fire to wrest territory from the neighboring country of Feierabiand. Now, his kingdom's unexpected defeat offers him a chance to escape from his own servitude. But now that the griffins find themselves in a position of strength, they are not inclined to forgive and the entire kingdom finds itself in a deadly peril. Willing or not, Gereint is caught up in a desperate struggle between the griffins and the last remaining mage...

Book Rule Book Color

Download or read book Rule Book Color written by Michael Ventrella and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rule book for the Alliance LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) game, with full color pictures and graphs. Also includes tabletop rules. For more details, visit www.AllianceLARP.com

Book Illuminating Time

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  • Author : Renee Hewett
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2023-03-30
  • ISBN : 1949575330
  • Pages : 81 pages

Download or read book Illuminating Time written by Renee Hewett and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nightshade Guild: Chapter Three - The year the Guild was lost in time. Just as they’re about to bask in the glory of victory, Sunny, Bo, and Ray are tossed back in time, waking up in the streets of New York City in 1880: The Gilded Age. They have no time to enjoy their surroundings because an astral projection of a thirteen-year-old Princess Ameria informs Sunny that they must find the piece of the time shard that was sent back with them... and they must return to her to help her fend off total world destruction! Now Sunny, Bo, and Ray are on a mission to find the shard with the help of some nineteenth-century supernaturals, all while trying not to change anything that would disrupt the future. Their journey won’t be so easy, because challenges are awaiting them in Gilded Age New York, from those who want to collect magical artifacts, to those who wish to destroy them. Will they be able to retrieve the time shard in time? Illuminating Time is Book 3 of The Nightshade Guild Chapter Three. The reading order for this chapter is: Rocking Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne Defying Time by Mandy Rosko Illuminating Time by Renee Hewett Dueling Time by Sheri Lyn Darkest Time by Cherron Riser Losing Time by Jennifer Wedmore Time After Time by Louisa Bacio Swing Time by Cassidy K. O'Connor Time Maverick by Gracen Miller Crucible Time by Landra Graf Restoring Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne The Mages of the Guild encourage you to read Chapter One and Two which should be read in this order: Chapter One Mated to a Mage by Cassidy K. O'Connor Mage you Blink by Gracen Miller Mage you Look by Abigail Kade Shadow Mage by Lia Davis Mage Crafted by Cherron Riser Mage of Misfortune by Lily Winter Mage in Hell by Sheri Lyn Sunny Mage by Jessica Ripley Half-Blood Mage by Landra Graf Sea Mage by Louisa Bacio You Mage Me by Jennifer Wedmore Midwinter Mage by Kerry Adrienne Mage to Disobey by Mandy Rosko Chapter Two Magic Mishap by Lily Winter Magic Confined by Mandy Rosko Magic Clouded by Renee Hewett Magic Mayhem by Louisa Bacio Magic Mourning by Cherron Riser Magic Flawed by Jennifer Wedmore Magic Deadfall by Gracen Miller Magic Exposed by Lia Davis Magic Reflected by Sheri Lyn Magic Masque by Kerry Adrienne Magic Malfunction by Abigail Kade Magic Burned by Cassidy K. O'Connor

Book Bound by Blood and Sand

Download or read book Bound by Blood and Sand written by Becky Allen and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jae is a slave in a dying desert world. Once verdant with water from a magical Well, the land is drying up, and no one remembers the magic needed to keep the water flowing. If a new source isn’t found soon, the people will perish. Jae doesn’t mind, in a way. By law, she is bound by a curse to obey every order given her, no matter how vile. At least in death, she’ll be free. Elan’s family rules the fading realm. He comes to the estate where Jae works, searching for the hidden magic needed to replenish the Well, but it’s Jae who finds it, and she who must wield it. Desperate to save his realm, Elan begs her to use it to locate the Well. But why would a slave—abused, beaten, and treated as less than human—want to save the system that shackles her? Jae would rather see the world burn. Though revenge clouds her vision, she agrees to help if the realm’s slaves are freed. Then Elan’s father arrives. The ruler’s cruelty knows no limits. He is determined that the class system will not change—and that Jae will remain a slave forever. "Ferocious and intelligent." —Kirkus Reviews "Allen’s lush debut mixes current, pressing questions with fantasy while exploring systematic injustice and historical oppression...readers will clamor for the sequel." —Publishers Weekly

Book Trial by Betrayal

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Wedmore
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2024-04-26
  • ISBN : 1949575896
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book Trial by Betrayal written by Jennifer Wedmore and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morwen and Fauxon made it home from 1968, but there's no time to relax! The Creator of Magic said they are abusing their powers and doing more harm than good. Morwen has to prove she is worthy of magic, the Guild, and herself. She's facing seven trials with family and friends as her accusers. Can she survive the emotional toll of each person's accusations? She has to convince the judges, and most importantly herself that her actions in the Guild were with the best of intentions, but can the words hurled at her shake her confidence or will she be found innocent and keep her place in the Guild? Seven trials to determine her fate. Seven trials to determine if she keeps her life with Fauxon and her Magic.

Book Dueling Time

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  • Author : Sheri Lyn
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2023-05-04
  • ISBN : 1949575349
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Dueling Time written by Sheri Lyn and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nightshade Guild: Chapter Three - The year the Guild was lost in time. When Cale, a Nightshade Guild Mage, and his two partners, Marek, an Angel, and Tarak, a Demon, are sent back to 1881 Arizona, they discover that their mission to find the shard of the Time Scythe is no easy task. As they navigate the dangerous and lawless Wild West, they must avoid altering the past at all costs, or risk irrevocably changing the future. As they unravel the mystery surrounding the shard, Cale, Marek, and Tarak encounter a cast of characters, both friend and foe, who threaten to unravel their mission and force them to choose between their duty and their own desires. With the clock ticking and the stakes high, they must use all their wits and magical abilities to survive and ensure that history unfolds as it should. Dueling Time is Book 4 of The Nightshade Guild Chapter Three. The reading order for this chapter is: Rocking Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne Defying Time by Mandy Rosko Illuminating Time by Renee Hewett Dueling Time by Sheri Lyn Darkest Time by Cherron Riser Losing Time by Jennifer Wedmore Time After Time by Louisa Bacio Swing Time by Cassidy K. O'Connor Time Maverick by Gracen Miller Crucible Time by Landra Graf Restoring Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne The Mages of the Guild encourage you to read Chapter One and Two which should be read in this order: Chapter One Mated to a Mage by Cassidy K. O'Connor Mage you Blink by Gracen Miller Mage you Look by Abigail Kade Shadow Mage by Lia Davis Mage Crafted by Cherron Riser Mage of Misfortune by Lily Winter Mage in Hell by Sheri Lyn Sunny Mage by Jessica Ripley Half-Blood Mage by Landra Graf Sea Mage by Louisa Bacio You Mage Me by Jennifer Wedmore Midwinter Mage by Kerry Adrienne Mage to Disobey by Mandy Rosko Chapter Two Magic Mishap by Lily Winter Magic Confined by Mandy Rosko Magic Clouded by Renee Hewett Magic Mayhem by Louisa Bacio Magic Mourning by Cherron Riser Magic Flawed by Jennifer Wedmore Magic Deadfall by Gracen Miller Magic Exposed by Lia Davis Magic Reflected by Sheri Lyn Magic Masque by Kerry Adrienne Magic Malfunction by Abigail Kade Magic Burned by Cassidy K. O'Connor

Book Rocking Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lia Davis
  • Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
  • Release : 2023-02-09
  • ISBN : 1949575314
  • Pages : 90 pages

Download or read book Rocking Time written by Lia Davis and published by Celtic Hearts Press. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nightshade Guild: Chapter Three - The year the Guild was lost in time. After the destruction of the time scythe that sent the Nightshade Guild back in time, mages Arion and Jemma find themselves wandering Hollywood in the year 1977. Joined by Jemma's partner, Niam, and her familiar Prim, this magical foursome must find a way to travel through time once more to return to the present day. When the elfin princess Ameria visits the group via astral projection, the thirteen-year-old has a message that simply cannot wait. No longer the adorable toddler they once protected from certain death, her highness has reached out from the year 2033 with a critical mission for the mages. Now Jemma, Arion, Prim and Niam must find two shards of the time scythe, a ley, and a magical object that will boost their power enough to propel them into the future all while ensuring that they do not change the course of that future while they are stuck in the past. Rocking Time is Book 1 of The Nightshade Guild Chapter Three. The reading order for this chapter is: Rocking Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne Defying Time by Mandy Rosko Illuminating Time by Renee Hewett Dueling Time by Sheri Lyn Darkest Time by Cherron Riser Losing Time by Jennifer Wedmore Time After Time by Louisa Bacio Swing Time by Cassidy K. O'Connor Time Maverick by Gracen Miller Crucible Time by Landra Graf Restoring Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne The Mages of the Guild encourage you to read Chapter One and Two which should be read in this order: Chapter One Mated to a Mage by Cassidy K. O'Connor Mage you Blink by Gracen Miller Mage you Look by Abigail Kade Shadow Mage by Lia Davis Mage Crafted by Cherron Riser Mage of Misfortune by Lily Winter Mage in Hell by Sheri Lyn Sunny Mage by Jessica Ripley Half-Blood Mage by Landra Graf Sea Mage by Louisa Bacio You Mage Me by Jennifer Wedmore Midwinter Mage by Kerry Adrienne Mage to Disobey by Mandy Rosko Chapter Two Magic Mishap by Lily Winter Magic Confined by Mandy Rosko Magic Clouded by Renee Hewett Magic Mayhem by Louisa Bacio Magic Mourning by Cherron Riser Magic Flawed by Jennifer Wedmore Magic Deadfall by Gracen Miller Magic Exposed by Lia Davis Magic Reflected by Sheri Lyn Magic Masque by Kerry Adrienne Magic Malfunction by Abigail Kade Magic Burned by Cassidy K. O'Connor

Book Broken Wizards

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeffrey Bardwell
  • Publisher : Twigboat Press
  • Release : 2017-03-16
  • ISBN : 1943289069
  • Pages : 472 pages

Download or read book Broken Wizards written by Jeffrey Bardwell and published by Twigboat Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people are tinder waiting to spark. His homeland smolders on the edge of chaos. Can he ignite a revolution? The Iron Empire is soft, rotten, and ripe for change. The guilds are repressive. The price of dragon products is soaring. The mage menace spreads unchecked. Resentment builds. One day, a young hero clanks into the capital with a metal foot . . . swearing he'll kick the imperial palace to rubble. Devin, more artifice than mage with his mechanical limb, returns to the empire, his nemesis Captain Vice in hot pursuit. The firebrand mage stirs the passions of imperial citizens under the guise of dragon conservation. We are all like slabs of dragon flesh: once powerful and mighty, but the empire bleeds us until nothing remains but bones and ruptured organs. The message resonates. A rebellion is born in secrecy and treachery. Beneath their cloaks of lies and shifting alliances, mages, gentry, and commoners alike reach for the mantle of the butchered dragon while Captain Vice's steel fist slowly closes around them. Rise up and smash the state in Book Three of The Artifice Mage Saga. Join the fantasy steampunk brawl of metal vs. magic where sorcery is bloody, science is greasy, and nobody's hands are clean. epic, gaslamp, swords and sorcery, wizard, magic, dragons, steampunk, evil empire

Book The Griffin Mage

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  • Author : Rachel Neumeier
  • Publisher : Orbit
  • Release : 2011-11-16
  • ISBN : 0316205931
  • Pages : 777 pages

Download or read book The Griffin Mage written by Rachel Neumeier and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Griffin Mage trilogy, now complete in one volume, tells the story of the war between men and griffins -- and the young girl, torn between two worlds, who will decide the fate of all. Little ever happens in the quiet villages of peaceful Feierabiand. The course of Kes' life seems set: she'll grow up to be an herb-woman and healer for the village of Minas Ford, never quite fitting in but always more or less accepted. And she's content with that path -- or she thinks she is. Until the day the griffins come down from the mountains, bringing with them the fiery wind of their desert and a desperate need for a healer. But what the griffins need is a healer who is not quite human. . . or a healer who can be made into something not quite human. This omnibus edition contains the complete Griffin Mage trilogy: Lord of the Changing Wind, Land of the Burning Sands and Law of the Broken Earth.

Book The Call of the Rift  Wake

Download or read book The Call of the Rift Wake written by Jae Waller and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire, smoke, and ash consume the continent in the darkest chapter yet in The Call of the Rift series The Battle of Tjarnnaast left its mark: Katja is adrift, haunted by her memories of the battle and dark visions of a desolate wasteland. Her only guidance is her parents’ cryptic messages from the spirit world. On their instructions, Katja goes south to track down her mercenary friend Tiernan. Maybe together, they can find the Rúonbattai’s elusive cleric leader, defeat their ranks forever, and end the war. Then Katja could finally go home — if she can decide where home is. Yet Tiernan is missing, and Katja’s best hope of rescuing him is by striking unlikely alliances — with untrustworthy acquaintances and new allies hiding dangerous secrets. Druids whisper of dry winters and warming oceans and the war-torn nation is a tinderbox ready to ignite. Katja must use everything in her power, from her water magic to her hand in marriage, to battle the growing flames. If they erupt into a wildfire, everyone and everything she loves will burn with them. About the Series Set in two parallel worlds, this series follows Kateiko Rin, a headstrong teenage girl with the power to shapeshift and control water, as she grows up in the war-torn coastal rainforest. As the worlds diverge, so do the versions of herself. Orphaned Kako takes up arms to protect her people, while refugee Katja finds purpose as a healer. Each girl’s fiction is the other’s truth — in love, war, and everything in between. The prospect of a rift opening between worlds poses a question to characters and readers: if you could cross into another version of your life, would you? The Call of the Rift series has been praised for its intricate plotting, meticulous worldbuilding, and expert writing, from author Jae Waller, a talented newcomer to YA fantasy fiction. The series appeals to the mature reader of YA fantasy looking for romantic content, women-led fiction, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC representation, and complex worlds and characters. It began in 2018 with The Call of the Rift: Flight and will conclude with the fifth book in the series, The Call of the Rift: Fuse, in 2025.

Book The Lost Gods Book One   Healer

Download or read book The Lost Gods Book One Healer written by and published by Robin Toupin. This book was released on with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mage Against the Machine

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  • Author : Shaun Barger
  • Publisher : Gallery / Saga Press
  • Release : 2018-10-30
  • ISBN : 9781534403048
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Mage Against the Machine written by Shaun Barger and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Potter meets The Terminator in this action-packed adventure about a young man who discovers that everything he believed about his world is a lie. The year is 2120. The humans are dead. The mages have retreated from the world after a madman blew up civilization with weaponized magical technology. Safe within domes that protect them from the nuclear wasteland on the other side, the mages have spent the last century putting their lives back together. Nikolai is obsessed with artifacts from twentieth-century human life: mage-crafted replica Chuck Taylors on his feet, Schwarzenegger posters on his walls, Beatlemania still alive and well in his head. But he’s also tasked with a higher calling—to maintain the Veils that protect mage-kind from the hazards of the wastes beyond. As a cadet in the Mage King’s army, Nik has finally found what he always wanted—a purpose. But when confronted by one of his former instructors gone rogue, Nik tumbles into a dark secret. The humans weren’t nuked into oblivion—they’re still alive. Not only that, outside the domes a war rages between the last enclaves of free humans and vast machine intelligences. Outside the dome, unprepared and on the run, Nik finds Jem. Jem is a Runner for the Human Resistance. A ballerina-turned-soldier by the circumstances of war, Jem is more than just a human—her cybernetic enhancement mods make her faster, smarter, and are the only things that give her a fighting chance against the artificial beings bent on humanity’s eradication. Now Nik faces an impossible decision: side with the mages and let humanity die out? Or stand with Jem and the humans—and risk endangering everything he knows and loves?