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    A Greater Power
    A Greater Power
    A Greater Power
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    A Greater Power

    By Alex Sumner

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    A man is murdered in the dead of night in rural Oxfordshire - a note in his pocket links him to suave modern-day sorcerer GUY SHEPARDSON. Guy soon finds himself menaced by sinister thugs and aided by the dead man's beautiful daughter as he attempts to confront the killers...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlex Sumner
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781465844170
    A Greater Power
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    Alex Sumner

    I am a novelist and writer on the Occult. After having written several non-fiction articles for the Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition, in 2009 I came out with my first novel. My books to date are: * Eternal Witch (2018) * A Fairy Story By Any Other Name (2014) * Taromancer (2013) "The Magus Trilogy" * The Magus (2009) * Opus Secunda (2010) * Licence To Depart (2011) "The Demon Detective, and other stories." * The Demon Detective (short story: 2011) * A Greater Power (short story: 2011) * Shall We Kill The President? (novella: 2012) I am also an amateur astrologer, tarot reader, and ceremonial magician. I am currently at work on both further novels and screenplays. I live in Essex, England.

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      A Greater Power - Alex Sumner

      A Greater Power

      Alex Sumner.

      © Copyright 2011 Alex Sumner.

      Smashwords Edition

      The moral rights of Alex Sumner to be identified as the author have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

      Front cover artwork © 2011 the author.

      ISBN: 978-1-4658-4417-0

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      Table of Contents

      A GREATER POWER

      About The Author

      Other Novels and Short-stories by Alex Sumner

      To contact Alex:

      A Greater Power

      "The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."

      EDMUND BURKE.

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      Alan Delph, 54, first suspected that his luck had run out when a sinister figure stepped out of the darkness in front of him, brandishing a large cudgel. The figure wore an all-enveloping cowled black robe, whilst a black mask completely concealed the face.

      By the saints! Delph cried. Who or what are you?

      "The last thing you’ll ever see!" a man’s voice spoke from behind the mask. He swung his stick at the man.

      Delph leapt out of the way. His assailant swung again: Delph dodged, this time coming up under his assailant’s reach. He tried grappling with him.

      The cowled figure touched his cudgel lightly against him. Although the blow had no force, Delph felt himself thrown through the air, as if electrocuted. He landed a good ten feet from his attacker.

      Delph rolled over and stared at the figure. He scrambled to his feet and started to run.

      The moon and the stars provided the only illumination as Delph fled across the countryside. "If I can only make it to the trees," he thought, perhaps I can lose him…

      Suddenly, a second dark figure appeared in front of him, dressed

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