Self-taught novice sorcerers Failiu and Karaghr have just arrived at their first destination along the road to adventure: the city of Hannor. Unfortunately, they happen to be absolutely penniless not to mention ragged and hungry. Still, Hannor is a big place with big opportunities, especially for a couple of 'powerful' practitioners - and the temple of the god Taak-Resh is known for its generosity to the magically gifted.
Unfortunately for the two young lovers, they have managed to arrive during a moment of crisis for both Hannor and the Temple. Can they still find a way to take that critical first step on the path to fame and fortune? Or will what ...
Self-taught novice sorcerers Failiu and Karaghr have just arrived at their first destination along the road to adventure: the city of Hannor. Unfortunately, they happen to be absolutely penniless not to mention ragged and hungry. Still, Hannor is a big place with big opportunities, especially for a couple of 'powerful' practitioners - and the temple of the god Taak-Resh is known for its generosity to the magically gifted.
Unfortunately for the two young lovers, they have managed to arrive during a moment of crisis for both Hannor and the Temple. Can they still find a way to take that critical first step on the path to fame and fortune? Or will what seemed an easy way to earn a meal and a room turn into their biggest - and last - adventure?
A fast paced and entertaining fantasy adventure novelette from gifted author, Nyki Blatchley.
Nyki Blatchley is a British author and poet who graduated from Keele University in English and Greek and now lives just outside London. He has had about two dozen stories published, mostly fantasy or horror, in various magazines, webzines and anthologies, including Aoife’s Kiss, Golden Visions, Icarus and The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories. His novel At An Uncertain Hour was published by StoneGarden in April 2009, and his novella The City of Ferrid was published by Crystal Codices later the same year. He’s currently working on a fantasy trilogy called The Winter Legend.
Nyki is an administrator for the online fantasy writers’ group fantasy-writers.org and runs the live group East Herts Fantasy Writers. He has also had many poems published, and has performed poetry and music at various venues around London, including frequent appearances at the legendary coffee-house Bunjies, which in the 60s featured artists such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and David Bowie.
For more information on Nyki and his writing, please visit http://www.nykiblatchley.co.uk/
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Self-taught novice sorcerers Failiu and Karaghr have just arrived at their first destination along the road to adventure: the city of Hannor. Unfortunately, they happen to be absolutely penniless not to mention ragged and hungry. Still, Hannor is a big place with big opportunities, especially for a couple of 'powerful' practitioners - and the temple of the god Taak-Resh is known for its generosity to the magically gifted.Unfortunately for the two young lovers, they have managed to arrive during a moment of crisis for both Hannor and the Temple. Can they still find a way to take that critical first step on the path to fame and fortune? Or will what ...