WIZARD STONE
The Magic of Larlion, Book 1
Flung down a mountain to escape an evil sorcerer. Given an impossible quest. Can a young wizard's enchanted sword and fledgling powers save the kingdom and his love, even at the cost of his freedom?
Wizards don't have friends. Beneban believed this, when he escaped the clutches of the dark sorcerer with whom he'd apprenticed. But as he strives to stay free by fulfilling his end of a bad bargain, he discovers many wonders in the kingdom. He is befriended by strange and magical creatures on his quest: tiny Worfs, a giant horned feline, the mysterious and powerful Forest Lady, and a three-handed, fur-covered soldier.
Danger, treachery, romance, assassins, battles and even ice dragons are on the horizon. Will Beneban’s growing powers and skill with his sword be enough to win his freedom without betraying his new friends?
WIZARD WIND
The Magic of Larlion Book 2
A young wizard without a heart. The magical woman he loves. He must steal her powerful talisman or be enslaved again by an evil sorcerer.
Armed with his enchanted sword and faithful feline companion, made a captain in the guard, Beneban battles ice dragons to save the rebel friend his ruler ordered him to capture. Caught in an ambush, he conjures a desperate illusion to save his troop. Each use of his powers brings him closer to blindness.
When his Forest Lady love is captured by his foul nemesis, he risks everything to rescue her. To unlock the magic that will let him save her, his country and his sight, he must open the long-sealed school of wizardry, make an ally of the icy dragon queen, and defeat the dark magic of his former master.
WIZARD STORM
The Magic of Larlion Book 3
A fatherless wizard. The royal lady he loves. A dangerous quest to become worthy draws Beneban far away, even as dark magic, drought and famine threaten his country and his Forest Lady love.
Enchanted sword in hand, he battles many perils with the new powers he has unlocked. If the black wizard Ztavin’s evil magic is gone, who is threatening the Ogdol throne? Laraynia is left to rally the country to meet another evil at home. Pride battles her longing for Beneban’s return, as the handsome Mergol king offers his friendship and more.
When the threat becomes clear, the allies converge on the Dark Fortress. The mystical harkowl has shown them the way, lending magical aid to battle the evil wizards who threaten them all. With catapults, ice dragon sorties, warriors wielding magical swords, and armies attacking from every side, can the tiny Worf, Pym, save the day?
WIZARD SEARCH
The Magic of Larlion, Book 4
The war ends in victory for Beneban and his friends, but his enemy’s evil lingers on. Enspelled by dark magic and fearing that his own magic is gone with the death of the harkowl, Beneban disappears. Wandering with his magic sword, his giant feline companion, and a faithful tiny Worf servant, he is lost.
New beginnings spring out of the peace in Larlion. The Forest Lady returns to her beloved Forest to heal her lonely heart and raise her fast-growing family. The Vardraken queen and her wizard consort settle at the Great Shrine and realize that ice dragons may be easier to raise than magical children.
The Grand Lar, healing from Ztavin’s malevolent spell, finds joy in his friendship with a lovely and spirited tavern keeper. A new adventure begins as he sends an army to help his Ogdol friends retake their neighboring kingdom.
With Beneban seeming lost to all hope, will Laraynia find comfort in the arms of the Mergol King? Can Forest magic and the Grand Lar’s power bring the young wizard back from the brink of death in time to foil the rise of their old enemy and save Og-dan from darkness?
WIZARD QUEST
The Magic of Larlion, Book 5
Recalled from the brink of death by the Grand Lar, the wizard Beneban is set upon a quest. The black magic that bewitched him has been banished, but he cannot trust his own powers. To protect those dear to him, he leaves his family and his one true love to lead the army to Og-dan.
Forsaken and confused, Laraynia returns to her enchanted Forest to raise her bewitching children while a brilliant baby wizard is nurtured at The Great Shrine. Weary warriors, home at last, raise a new generation. But Ztavin’s old malevolence, feeding on death and blood, spreads terror again and spawns a scion that sets Torgarde ablaze.
With his enchanted sword, feline companion, and faithful friends by his side, Beneban takes arms against the fiendish power that threatens Larlion. When all seems lost, can the combined strength of Forest, children, music, wizard, and automaton triumph against the power of death and darkness?
WAYWARD WIZARD
The Magic of Larlion, Book 6.
Bandits, dragons and a fire-starter attack Forest. A possessed kraken ravages the eastern coast. Will Forest burn, or can the younger generation master spells and swordplay in time to foil the revenge of an old evil that breaks free and endangers all they hold dear?
Missing since the wizards’ battle that imprisoned his sorcerous nemesis, hope seems slim that Beneban
can return to reclaim his magic, his mystical sword,
and his sanity to defend the Forest Lady and the precociously powerful twins he has never met.
Brilliant young wizards, weather wielders, half-grown Mergol heirs , and fledgling vardraken riders train in combat as Daw Keep, the Shrine, and Forest gird for battle. Can Forest magic heal Beneban in time for him to join the pitched battle to save Larlion?
WILD WIZARD
The Magic of Larlion, Book 7
Transported by magic into the blood-soaked lair of an evil sorcerer. Given a quest by an ancient magical book. Can Beneban and his two fledgling wizards escape in time to save their families and their country?
Defeated in battle but more dangerous than ever, the necromancer strikes back at his enemies’ magical children. The Forest Lady’s daughter and her troop of ice dragon riders fight valiantly at the Shrine. The young Mergol King in exile tries to tame a magically possessed kraken. Beneban’s powerful twins battle fierce foes with sword, sorcery, and unexpected transformations.
When the Forest Lady is kidnapped, her family and their allies infiltrate the sorcerer’s stronghold to rescue her and foil a rebellion. As Beneban’s enchanted sword keens its battle song, reinforcements may be too late to save them. Borne on the wings of enchanted music, can the boy who was long ago dubbed the sorcerer’s bane unite his fellow magic students to save the Forest Lady and finally defeat their ancient foe?
The Magic of Larlion: Books 1-3 Boxset
Compelled to complete an impossible quest. Battling dark sorcery, shape-shifting assassins, and ice-dragons. Befriended by a giant horned feline, a three-armed furry soldier, tiny Worfs and a powerful enchantress.
Can a young wizard master his magical sword and fledgling powers in time to save his new friends, his love, and his kingdom?
Here for the first time in one volume are the first three books of this epic fantasy adventure series,
WIZARD STONE, WIZARD WIND and WIZARD STORM.
The Magic of Larlion soars on ice dragon wings.
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