Synopsis
You will believe in magic. "Why?" you ask. The Wizard of Is is why. Meet Albert Pintergrass, future wizard, at forty-three-at least he could be, if he can manage to survive long enough-in a magical land called Eez where the mystery of magic is at work and where there is power in magic. The power of magic works through a pair of simple gemstones called reds and nots, in realms with names like Is and Siss, Dakks and Melrose, and a former realm called Ultra, in a place all wizards call home, Eez. In Eez, we find brooms for flying-if you want to clean the floor, use a sweep; brooms are for riding, not cleaning. There are wands for zapping out magic on command, medical miracles performed by angels. And winks for shifting ahead or back through time or space-choose one please, because you can't do both at the same time, you know. Flyers to transport one from point A to point B, so much better than any airplane ride. Spells to cast for just about anything, Potions whose motions can help, or hurt, depending on the turn on one's wrist, for whatever ails you, and, of course, there is the School. That is right, I did say school-a really, awesome school. A university in fact, called Marvels & Mirth - School of Wizardry & Witchcraft-a magic-filled learning center for anyone who qualifies as a potential future witch or wizard. "So how did a forty-plus outsider qualify to become a wizard?" you ask. It's in the blood. Albert Pintergrass has a bloodline tie to magic. He doesn't know it and doesn't want to know it. So distantly removed is that connection that even his parents probably wouldn't have known about it. Isn't that how it always happens? The important part is that he is related. So he is qualified to "try out." He is needed to continue as the last in a line of rulers called guardians. When the last ruler of Is dies of natural causes-she was a hundred years older that Moses you know-an heir must be produced to take her plac
About the Author
Author of two books, each of which is the first of a series, Mr. Vessels offers his first publication with this book. His earlier work, a science fiction adventure series titled J. D. Dawn, completed in the 1980s, is undergoing an update before publication. With his eye on magic this time, the second series begins with The Wizard of Is and the Power of Not. Talmadge is an avid Sci-Fi fan who also enjoys mysteries and humor. A good book is only one of his joys; he also enjoys movies and television. Preferring the short-story format, Talmadge says this form allows the writer or reader to move quickly through the story and gives the reader room for his imagination to fill in the peripherals while also allowing the author to fill the pages with more important elements such as action and intrigue, giving vivid life to his characters. Born in 1949, in the West Texas town of Tahoka, but now a California resident, our author works as a cad manager for an electrical-and-lighting design firm in Marin County and resides with Randi, his wife of twenty years, in Petaluma, California. This emerging author has an abundance of material to keep him occupied as he makes the transition from the world of the working class, also described as "going to work every day," to the world of retirement, which is sometimes characterized as "not leaving home unless you really want to." He intends to devote his free hours to writing, traveling, and lots of golf.
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