It’s not easy being the youngest of seven sons in a family of notorious sorcerers, especially for Ayden Dracre. In a world where sorcerers only practice dark magic and wizards only practice light magic, Ayden has a problem; he is very bad at being bad. Try as he might, all of his spells to cause mayhem go awry. When he finds out that his family has had enough of his mistakes, he decides to take destiny into his own hands.
He has one chance to prove to his family that he is worthy of the sorcerer name or he will find himself on the unfortunate end of his mother’s wrath; he must defeat the greatest wizard of all the lands. There are only two problems: he doesn’t know how to fight with magic, and he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. If he’s going to survive this quest, he will have to rely on the most unlikely allies.
Genre: FICTION / Fantasy / EpicThis is the first book in a fantasy series. It has great reviews and sales. In it's first three months, it sold over 6,000 copies. Unlike the rest of my books, it includes no adult language or violence.
“Please just let me tell you---” I stopped because I was suddenly talking to a door. I sighed and started down the road. Dread and hunger were wearing on me. A man stepped out of the forest, followed by a huge, overweight, slow-moving animal with black and white spots. “Excuse me, sir,” I said, giving him as much excitement as I could muster.
“Yes? How can I help you?” he asked. He was a kind looking man and although he wore shabby clothes, his face and hair were clean.
“I was wondering, would you be interested in buying some magic beans?”
He frowned and shook his head. “Sorry, I’ve just traded my own magic beans for this cow.” He indicated the animal, which was eating the grass. “I would be willing to trade the beast for your beans, though. I really don’t think I got the fair end of that deal.”
I pulled out the handful of beans from my pocket and studied the beast. “I… I’m sorry. My mother would kill me if I did.” That was a lie, but I couldn’t live with myself if I subjected an animal to her.
“I understand. Good day to you.”
“And you.” He hurried on his way and I sighed. At least he didn’t notice my family seal embossed on my green robe. That might have been due to the fact that I had my robe inside out. This was on purpose.
After the fifth door I knocked on where nobody answered, I had reversed the robe to hide the gold needlework. It worked; people answered the door, only to slam it in my face. Dracre was a name people feared even speaking aloud and no one was foolish enough to open the door to us. In fact, my mother was known as the most vindictive sorceress of all, a title which she boasted every time I screwed up.
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