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Authors: Ron Collins
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The Saga of the God-Touched Mage includes:
Glamour of the God-Touched
Trail of the Torean
Target of the Orders
Gathering of the God-Touched
Pawn of the Planewalker
Changing of the Guard
Lord of the Freeborn
Lords of Existence
Epilogue
The robe was gone. Garrick felt that truth before he was fully awake.
He was back in his bed chamber. Back in Dorfort’s government center. He smelled the aroma of Blue Lake and heard sounds of a city working its day. He rose to one elbow and glanced around the room. He was lying on the mattress, his chest bare, his pants Torean black.
The robe was most definitely gone.
He stood and went to the window.
It was early morning. The lake was calm, a calm before the storm, Garrick thought. People milled about the city with only their own simple concerns about them. Garrick could not help but grimace at his strange mix of emotions. The human experience was so isolated. He missed the sense of connection he had in Existence. Yet, he still felt embarrassed of his attempts to trivialize what these people were feeling as they went about their lives.
He thought of Alistair and wondered what his past superior would think of him now. The question left him feeling bittersweet. He was a man. A grown man. A full mage, and more.
He was surprised to think of himself in this fashion.
A grown man.
He felt the full weight of what that meant now.
Garrick sighed, realizing he was hungry.
He had to get the Freeborn together. He had to stretch them. Perhaps, he thought, he had to bring all of the plane’s mages under one hand. He had seen what could one day be coming. The mages of Adruin needed to be a single entity, working together if the plane was to survive.
Yes, he had much work to do.
Garrick turned from the window and strode to his closets to pick out a shirt.
“Will!” he called. “Come help me prepare for the day.”
* * * * *
This is the end of
Pawn of the Planewalker
, but the story of Garrick, Braxidane, and the struggle between the orders continues in
Changing of the Guard
, due to be published January of 2015!
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The Saga of the God-Touched Mage includes:
Glamour of the God-Touched
Trail of the Torean
Target of the Orders
Gathering of the God-Touched
Pawn of the Planewalker
Changing of the Guard
Lord of the Freeborn
Lords of Existence
APPENDIX
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Map of the Plane of Adruin
image by Ron Collins
Acknowledgements
The universe of Adruin and All of Existence has many people to thank for its existence, not the least of which are Tim Brown, Mike Cox, Ken and Jackie Peters, and my wife, Lisa.
I need to single out a few others for their efforts beyond all the rest.
My friend, collaborator, and pre-reader John Bodin's help was—as always—superlative. I want to thank my daughter, Brigid, for stepping into the fray when I needed her. And I want to give thanks to my cover artist, Rachel Carpenter, who was great fun to work with and who did a fantastic job bringing Garrick to life.
Mostly, though, I have to thank Lisa for everything she's done for me.
The Saga of the God-Touched Mage
has gone through more twists and turns than I could ever have predicted when the idea first hit, and she's been with me through every step. (Don't worry, honey. It's really done. Really, I mean it. It's done. You don't have to read it for the 111th time!).
About Ron Collins
Ron Collins is an award-winning author who lives in Columbus, Indiana, with his wife, Lisa.
Pawn of the Planewalker
is the fifth volume in the eight-part
Saga of the God-Touched Mage
. Ron published
Five Magics
, a collection of his short fantasy, in 2012.
Five Magics
includes two tales from
Dragon Magazine,
a
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s FANTASY MAGAZINE
Cauldron Award winning story, and another tale that was awarded Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's “Years Best Fantasy.”
Ron is the author of two road trip, alternate-history, fantasy, science fiction baseball novels, the first being
See the PEBA on $25 a Day
(2010), and the sequel being
Chasing the Setting Sun
(2014).
He has contributed numerous short stories to professional science fiction publications including
Analog
,
Asimov’s
, and
Nature
. His writing has received a Writers of the Future prize, and a CompuServe HOMer Award. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and worked developing avionics systems, electronics, and information technology before spending a decade in Human Resource management.
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Trail of the Torean
Target of the Orders
Gathering of the God-Touched
Pawn of the Planewalker
Changing of the Guard
Lord of the Freeborn
Lords of Existence
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