Ward of the Philosopher

"I was hooked right from the first chapter..." -- Ray Nicholson (Amazon top 1000 reviewer)

"... an engaging story that creates questions you'll be dying to know the answers to." -- Jared J.

"Witty, well paced and intelligent when it needs to be, I'm looking forward to reading more." -- Craig Whitby

"For a novella to inspire a need for more, in me, is quite a surprise. I am off to acquire the whole series!" -- James J. Hughes

"This short is outstanding, simply stated it was one of the best reads that I've been exposed to in a while." -- Christopher T.

Deacon Shader is a child out of time, removed as a baby from his Ancient world parents and raised on the Isle of Maranore.

On his seventh birthday, the philosopher Aristodeus arrives to commence the boy's training with sword and mind. Nothing short of excellence will suffice, if Deacon is to fulfill his destiny and avert the Unweaving of all things.

But as Aristodeus pushes him to the limits, reavers are spotted approaching the coast, and a cloud of horror descends upon the village.

For these are no ordinary pirates. They sail under the Impaled Man, the grisly flag of Verusia, land of the undead and realm of the Lich Lord.