Release date: August 3, 2016
Subgenre: Epic fantasy, dark fantasy
About Wild Mage:
Heaven has fallen.
The legions of Chaos have overrun the world.
Uërth is in ruins.
With the Heavenly Host's fall, Angel Swords rained from the heavens, littering the world in what was.
Only the most honorable and purest of heart are able to take up the Angel Swords and wield them against the throngs of Chaos. These mighty Empyrean Knights are all that stands between Uërth and annihilation.
Maeraeth is neither a hero nor a great warrior. Nor does he wish to become an Empyrean Knight.
He just wants to be left alone with his studies.
And not be killed by demons.
But, with the destruction of the Chaos Gate, Uërth may have a chance at redemption.
If the hordes of Chaos can be contained and if no more portals to the Abyss are created.
Maeraeth's teacher, Master Nomba, has other plans for him. Plans that involve both containing demons and preventing their arrival.
So much for his studies.
And not being killed by demons.
The legions of Chaos have overrun the world.
Uërth is in ruins.
With the Heavenly Host's fall, Angel Swords rained from the heavens, littering the world in what was.
Only the most honorable and purest of heart are able to take up the Angel Swords and wield them against the throngs of Chaos. These mighty Empyrean Knights are all that stands between Uërth and annihilation.
Maeraeth is neither a hero nor a great warrior. Nor does he wish to become an Empyrean Knight.
He just wants to be left alone with his studies.
And not be killed by demons.
But, with the destruction of the Chaos Gate, Uërth may have a chance at redemption.
If the hordes of Chaos can be contained and if no more portals to the Abyss are created.
Maeraeth's teacher, Master Nomba, has other plans for him. Plans that involve both containing demons and preventing their arrival.
So much for his studies.
And not being killed by demons.
Wild Mage is a quirky, dystopian dark fantasy adventure with elements of sword and sorcery and humorous fun.
Excerpt
“Maeraeth!
“Run!”
A roiling cloud of Darkness erupted from the bare earth, a living
rift into the bottomless Abyss, darker than the void between stars.
The night sky above disappeared before the demon’s ebon sweep, a
living sea of evil intent on engulfing our souls.
I felt the chill emptiness of the demon’s presence from afar, a
cold so deep it brought my soul to a shuddering halt.
Master Nomba stood firmly before the Darkness, one small, brave old
man reaching his arms out in a futile attempt to halt a raging
flood with his bare hands.
“Run!”
Years of training kicked in, breaking the spell of my stupor:
countless lessons spent at my master’s side, obeying his every
command.
At least this I could do.
I ran.
I sprinted away from my master at full speed, muttering the very
spell of warding against extradimensional invaders we had spent so
long mastering even as I pumped my knobby arms and my long, bony
legs loped down the rocky slope away from my teacher, the man who
had given my life purpose.
My spell complete, magical energies gathered, wreathing me in the
energies of Creation.
Finished with the incantation, I looked back over my shoulder
toward Master Nomba, who was now bathed in incandescent azure
flames, while a shower of ivory flower petals looped and whorled
around me, a fluttering halo of sweet-scented aromatic bouquet.
Daisies?
White light flashed, so bright I think that I actually saw the
explosion through the back of my skull. Then there was no seeing as
I was catapulted through the air on a tumultuous wall of roaring
sound.
At least a remnant of vision was restored when my head cracked
against the earth some indeterminate distance away from my point of
launch, and a universe of stars briefly occupied my vision.
When I finally woke up, surprisingly still alive, my protective
halo of flowers was still hovering around me.
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About Joseph J. Bailey:
When not at play with his family, Joe enjoys reading, writing, and
relaxation. When he can, Joe also practices various martial traditions
in which he has attained the Victim level of proficiency.
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