The Magician's Father

When Ray, a magician prone to wild experiments, becomes ill with the equivalent of Alzheimer's, his son, the country's leading Grandmaster of Magic, is forced to confront their fractured past and the violent death all magic user's face.


The first in the Wild Edged Magic series by award winning writer, Simon J. Cooper, this is a story of magic, death and hope in a world where magicians face consequences for every spell they cast.

First paragraph:

Raymond’s aura fizzled over his skin like twisting green lasers, the potential power mocking his sagging flesh. Even now, with my father’s tired eyes staring down at me, I felt anger rising instead of sadness, or even love. Stupid old man with a brilliant mind. He was dying in a containment pod on a cold hospital ward, and maybe this would be me some day.