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description: Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful beautiful little fief far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese. For six months things went well: he found a quaint little shop befriended the local lord the village folk loved him he found a sharp young apprentice to help out and best yet he met a pretty young widow with the prettiest eyes . . . Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins  gurvani they call themselves  bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. And that was the good news. The bad news was that their shamans were armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the ancient Imperial Magocracy  and their leader a mysterious vengeful force of hate and dark magic is headed directly to Boval valley. The good people of Boval and their spellmonger have only one choice to hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure a siege against hundreds of thousands.When the people look to him for hope Minalan does his best but there are multitudes of goblins and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for an invasion of the whole Five Duchies and only Minalan is standing in their way. Add a jealous rival mage a motley band of mercenaries a delusional liege lord who insists victory is at hand despite the hordes at his door a moody pregnant girlfriend and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic -- all trapped in a stinking besieged castle with no hope of rescue and youll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins. All that stands between the gurvani horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired overwhelmed bakers son who wanted nothing more than to be a simple spellmonger.
language: English
title: Spellmonger
publisher: Terry Mancour