If you liked Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld stories then you are going to absolutely fall in love with this book. It is a little naughtier, a shade crazier and with a touch of steel woven into the comedic comfort blanket.
It’s a comic fantasy story that will make the reader laugh out loud and, by the end, it will also give people hope. So what is it all about?
A wizard’s apprentice has a driving need for vengeance, but a visceral dread of the one ‘potion’ that releases his Wild Magic – the unhinged, irresistible force which, when unleashed, could finally make the bullies pay for all their years of unsought-after . . . attentions.
Pickled Magic is a wacky, Pratchett-esque journey of wobbly discovery on the road to the ultimate power and, conceivably, an – alcohol-free – splash of well-deserved glory at the end?
Walter Farmfound – the only (living) apprentice to the city of Vikksaporubb’s Senior Wizard, Marlyn – desperately craves for magic, which he feels is necessary for him to exact revenge on his childhood tormentors – both at home and at school.
Unfortunately, the only time Walter is able to access his all-powerful and untameable Wild Magic is when he is completely inebriated – pickled even – and therefore without inhibitions; and quite possibly a single functioning brain cell. What could possibly go wrong?
Wizards, witches, centaurs, a Wild Magic that knows no bounds, decadent Royalty, copious volumes of alcohol, vicious bullies, trolls, Hellves, an inter-species war . . . what more does a comic fantasy novel require?
You want more???
Well, but only if you’re sure: how about an unbounded quantity of refreshing, sometimes naughty originality, a centuries-dead sorcerer, a vengeful dragon, an enigmatic teacher, one crazy duck and chrysanthemums. But no wands, definitely no wands!
Pickled Magic, a trilogy in one part.
It will shortly be for sale on Amazon at the insane introductory price of £1.99 in the UK, $2.99 in the USA, AU$2.99 in Australia, plus anywhere else Amazon has an online presence. Initially it will be released for Kindle, but in the New Year it will also be available in paperback.
I am happy to answer any questions you may have about this new book or even myself . . . well, within reason of course, since it was initially completed in 1987 and I may have forgotten a few pertinent details, or even my own current address, given my age.........
It’s a comic fantasy story that will make the reader laugh out loud and, by the end, it will also give people hope. So what is it all about?
A wizard’s apprentice has a driving need for vengeance, but a visceral dread of the one ‘potion’ that releases his Wild Magic – the unhinged, irresistible force which, when unleashed, could finally make the bullies pay for all their years of unsought-after . . . attentions.
Pickled Magic is a wacky, Pratchett-esque journey of wobbly discovery on the road to the ultimate power and, conceivably, an – alcohol-free – splash of well-deserved glory at the end?
Walter Farmfound – the only (living) apprentice to the city of Vikksaporubb’s Senior Wizard, Marlyn – desperately craves for magic, which he feels is necessary for him to exact revenge on his childhood tormentors – both at home and at school.
Unfortunately, the only time Walter is able to access his all-powerful and untameable Wild Magic is when he is completely inebriated – pickled even – and therefore without inhibitions; and quite possibly a single functioning brain cell. What could possibly go wrong?
Wizards, witches, centaurs, a Wild Magic that knows no bounds, decadent Royalty, copious volumes of alcohol, vicious bullies, trolls, Hellves, an inter-species war . . . what more does a comic fantasy novel require?
You want more???
Well, but only if you’re sure: how about an unbounded quantity of refreshing, sometimes naughty originality, a centuries-dead sorcerer, a vengeful dragon, an enigmatic teacher, one crazy duck and chrysanthemums. But no wands, definitely no wands!
Pickled Magic, a trilogy in one part.
It will shortly be for sale on Amazon at the insane introductory price of £1.99 in the UK, $2.99 in the USA, AU$2.99 in Australia, plus anywhere else Amazon has an online presence. Initially it will be released for Kindle, but in the New Year it will also be available in paperback.
I am happy to answer any questions you may have about this new book or even myself . . . well, within reason of course, since it was initially completed in 1987 and I may have forgotten a few pertinent details, or even my own current address, given my age.........
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