Wizard S Curse

As civil war spreads through the realm of the sorcerers, the woodwolf become under attack by unknown abductors. When his attempts to prove his loyalty and protect his people go disastrously awry, Sorcerer Prince Tarkyn finds himself distanced from his companions and threatened by a curse. Trying to save his new people from his vengeful twin brothers, Tarkyn faces pressure from sorcerers and woodfolk alike. Soon, he is drawn in a battle he's not ready for. As the curse threatens to corrupt the woodfolk and loyalties around him grow thin, can Tarkyn wield his powers to save his people?

Nearra travels to Icereach in order to find the wizard who is the key to restoring the magical powers which her family lost over three hundred years ago.

Ingrid is on a mission to save herself. Her family was cursed by a very powerful wizard before they died. This Wizard's son is the only one that may be able to break the curse. The only problem with that is... Ingrid's father was one of the ones who killed his mother. Will she be able to convince him to lift this curse before she too fall victim to its wrath?

From a boy who discovers life can be an illusion to a man who maintains company security through enchantment, this collection contains 15 imaginative tales of those who earn their living through wizardly professions. Includes stories by Orson Scott Card, Mike Resnick, Steve Perry, and others. Original.

Wizard's Curse continues the saga of Tarkyn, Guardian of the Forest. Suitable readers of all ages from proficient 11year olds upwards. Reviled by Ekuzor's sorcerers, Prince Tarkyn dismisses his wizard's belief that he is the future hope for the nation. In fact, when Tarkyn steps in to protect a sorcerer family under attack by bandits, he finds them cowering in fear of him. But banditry and lawlessness are becoming widespread as King Kosar's rule is undermined by his twin brother Jarand. Gradually, people begin to question the truth of the king's accusations against Tarkyn, placing him under increasing pressure to take up the sorcerers' cause against his brothers. But his more immediate concerns are those of the woodfolk, whom he is sworn to protect. Tarkyn's efforts, as forest guardian, to heal a woodfolk family go disastrously wrong; destroying a swathe of forest and nearly killing him. Worse still, the unbridled power he draws on to retrieve the situation threatens to distance him from his woodfolk companions while Danton, Tarkyn's sorcerer liegeman, finds his life threatened by the clash between sorcerer and woodfolk expectations. As Tarkyn and his homeguard continue their trek across the mountains to retrieve Falling Rain from unjust exile, mountainfolk attack Tarkyn and drug his companions. But something more than resentment of Tarkyn is wrong with these mountainfolk. Tarkyn rescues Midnight, a silent, scrawny woodchild from abuse and neglect. Does this child hold the key to the mountainfolk's perfidy? Tarkyn must summon all his courage to face what will be asked of him to save these people from becoming forever corrupt. And when the prince and his homeguard reach their journey's end, Tarkyn must lay bare his innermost suffering as he engages in a mental duel with an embittered woodman, to gain knowledge that will stun woodfolk and sorcerers alike with its implications.

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