Book of Magic
By F. E. Hubert
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Book of magic is the second part of a sword and sorcery series that has all the tropes of high fantasy and fast-paced adventure.
The stories are rounded, have independent endings and can be read as standalone shorts. Read together, they make for a longer adventure.
This story introduces Dun, an apprentice wizard with unique talents. He returns in part four, The Isles of Krake and the upcoming fifth story Dog’s Blade.
1.Sword of the Sands
2.Book of Magic
3.Sword in the City
4.The Isles of Krake
5.Dog’s Blade - Expected end of March 2017. Also expected around that time is Swords and Magic; bundle of the first five stories.
F. E. Hubert
F.E. Hubert lives in one of the wetter parts of Europe, which has the upside that it leaves him a lot of time to sit in his study and write stories. He writes short stories to give life to all the heroes, swords and monsters that keep knocking on his door when he's supposed to be working on his novel. They include science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers and the occasional detective. You can contact F.E. Hubert and let him know what you think at: hubertwrites@gmail.com, or leave a review so the rest of the world knows what you think. Thanks for stopping by!
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Book of Magic - F. E. Hubert
Book of Magic
A story by F.E. Hubert
Copyright 2016 by F.E. Hubert
Smashwords Edition
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or other characters is purely coincidental.
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Chapter one: In the dungeon
Chapter two: The day it started
Chapter three: New moon
Chapter four: Spring fest
Chapter five: Wild magic
Chapter six: The pit
Excerpt next book: Sword in the City
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In the dungeon
Dun sighed with self-pity.
It seemed the wizard had more talent for scrying the future than he’d let on. The thought of the old man hurt, but a meagre smile touched his lips at the thought of what he would say about Dun’s current position. Something sharp, probably.
They’d taken him down into one of the cellars, cut out of the rocks below the keep sometime long past and forgotten. He hung upside down over a hole that led deeper into the interior of the rock. Deep down, judging by the moist chill that rose up from the dark void. The sides of the crevice slanted smoothly down, as if water had one flowed through it and rounded the sides.
The rope binding his ankles together was pulled through a ring in the ceiling, directly above the pit. The guards that hung him over the pit left a couple of counts of hundred ago. His blood accumulated in his head, making his ears pound. His sigh sounded like an unhealthy rasp.
He looked around the cellar. Most of it was too dark to see, leaving him the circle lit by the single torch in the wall. If he looked up, he could just see the orange firefly of the flame’s reflection on the ring that held him up. His hands were left unbound, but they took the knife from his boot. He looked at the hole that was above and below him at the same time. If he managed to find