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A lowly enchanter finds himself entangled in a plot to assassinate the
king in a new historical fantasy series set in twelfth century
England.
Medieval magic, murder, and mayhem!
It is 1164, and for a hundred years England has been ruled by the
Normans. A young Saxon boy named Durwin, crippled by a childhood
accident, had caught the eye of a Norman sage teaching at a rural school
of magic. Realizing that the boy had promise, Durwin was made stable
boy, and eventually allowed to attend classes.
Now twenty, Durwin is proficient enough that he is assigned to teach,
but the other sages refuse to promote him and he is hassled by the
Norman juniors for his disability. But those troubles turn out to be the
least of his worries when he manages to corrects errors in an ancient
corrupted spell, which promptly prophesies murder.
Sure enough, word soon reaches the school that one of the local count's
house sages has died, perhaps slain by black magic. Durwin is whisked
away to the family's castle, only to find that one death was only the
beginning. The young sage quickly learns of a dizzying plot to
assassinate King Henry. Dropped into the middle of the complex politics
of England's royal courts, can Durwin stop them in time?