A Time of Magick

Book excerpt: A Time of Magick By: Douglas T. Bradshaw Thaddeus Brimstone is one of the greatest wizards of the age. His work with potions is surpassed only by his innovations in the oft-neglected field of metamagic. He has conquered every challenge he has ever faced, and not even time can do any lasting harm to him thanks to his life-extending elixirs. The one thing that Thaddeus does not have, however, is love—the love of a woman, of children, of close friends and family. Little does he know, however, that the path to finding love might just lie in the pages of a book about a war-torn land where magick has all but disappeared. This storybook tells the tale of an ill-fated king and queen. Since Thaddeus’s youth, their story has been set—death and destruction at the hands of an invading army. When Thaddeus opens a portal to the world of the story and steps through, his interventions have the potential to reshape the lives of everyone from the most powerful kings and queens to the lowliest servants.