Synopsis
Drawing from the worlds of Magic, Martial Arts, Eastern Philosophy and Quantum Physics, award winning magician, astrophysicist, and martial artist, Thomas Chilton Meseroll, has penned a fictional battle of good and evil so rooted in factual principles, philosophies, and quantum mechanics, that the reader is compelled to question the true nature of magic ... the real battle between good and evil ... and the universal implications of both. Magus: Master of Martial Magic, Book 1, The Magician's Primer is driven by main character, Nicholas Thompson, an astrophysics professor by day, Magic Castle performer by night, and all around fan of Dr. Strange. Recruited by a member of the Order of the Magi to train in the ways of true power and magic, Nicholas takes a sabbatical from teaching and heads to Pakistan to study in a cloister hidden deep within the region's mountains. Once there, Nicholas submerges himself in the history of the Magi, studying the origins of Zoroaster and Pythagoras as well as other historical figures tied to the Magi's special powers. Through a transformational journey which takes Nicholas from Pakistan through India back to the U.S., and pairs him with Rada - a novice Magi - and Dr. Cobie Dulan - an Australian geophysicist with whom he falls in love - Nicholas becomes a Jedi-like hero who realizes that the fate of the world is resting upon his shoulders, and that the battle between good and evil is a galactic one.
About the Author
Thomas Chilton Meseroll is currently a Director of Engineering in the Space & Intelligence sector of the aerospace industry. He was the Program Manager for NASA's Deep Space Network and a senior consultant for the U.S. Airforce Military Satellite Communications Wing. He received a Patent Award from Hughes Space and Communications for theorizing a method for communicating with the past and the future using satellites with quantum entangled particle communication devices. He has a BS degree in Astrophysics from UCLA and an advanced degree in Geophysics and Space Physics from the same institution. He has been a martial arts practitioner for 35 years and is an expert in Okinawan weaponry. He is a proud member of the Society of American Magicians, the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Magic Collector's Association, the Magic Circle in London, and the Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle) and is known as "The Magus: Master of Martial Magic" for his incorporation of martial arts in magic. He has been performing magic around the USA for over forty years. In 2007 he won the Close-Up Magician of the year for the Southern California Assembly of the Society of American Magicians: An award won previously by Dai Vernon and Al Goshman. He is also a skilled juggler. He is a Pastor and has performed weddings for martial artists in Japanese gardens, secret magical weddings at the Magic Castle, and one ceremony for an agent of the CIA. He is a marathon runner, a bibliophile, a devoted husband and proud father of two.
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