Magic Casements by New Zealand author Marc Alexander (ISFDB, SFE) is the 2nd novel in his Wells of Ythan Quartet quartet of epic fantasy set in a fairy-tale-esque world, this installment continuing the quest of the toymaker and his companions to find a vanished princess who will lift the enchantment from the land, even as the usurping evil ruler begins his own search for the magical waters that will allow him to maintain his reign of corruption, free courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint, who are e-printing it from its 1989 edition originally out from Headline.
Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
We've previously received the 1st in series novel as a freebie as well: Ancient Dreams, which you may have already started reading and wanted to continue, in which case this is your lucky day, thanks to Endeavour's continuing generosity. :2thumbsup
Description
The land lies in disrepair
Will Ythan rise again or crumble into dust forever?
The Wolf King holds court in River Garde; in Danaak, the Regent is ensorceled, gradually becoming something tainted: the evil of the enchantment turns even on its own acolytes
Legend tells of the fall of Ythan, of a lost Princess lying bewitched in the depths of an unknown wilderness. With her lies the key to the lifting of the Enchantment that has spread its corruption over fair Ythan.
The task of finding her has fallen to unlikely hands: an apprentice toymaker, a spoiled young nobleman, a court jester and a motley crew of misfits.
But the evil has turned on itself, the corruption gnawing at its own innards; and now the Regent of Danaak, afflicted with a creeping, sorcerous horror, can find hope only in the waters of the legendary Wells of Ythan.
Two legends: in one lies hope for Ythan, in the other despair.
From fantasy author Marc Alexander comes Magic Casements the second instalment of the Wells of Ythan series. Follow the unlikely crew of an apprentice toymaker, a spoiled young nobleman, a court jester and their companions as they search for the lost Princess Livia.
Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
We've previously received the 1st in series novel as a freebie as well: Ancient Dreams, which you may have already started reading and wanted to continue, in which case this is your lucky day, thanks to Endeavour's continuing generosity. :2thumbsup
Description
The land lies in disrepair
Will Ythan rise again or crumble into dust forever?
The Wolf King holds court in River Garde; in Danaak, the Regent is ensorceled, gradually becoming something tainted: the evil of the enchantment turns even on its own acolytes
Legend tells of the fall of Ythan, of a lost Princess lying bewitched in the depths of an unknown wilderness. With her lies the key to the lifting of the Enchantment that has spread its corruption over fair Ythan.
The task of finding her has fallen to unlikely hands: an apprentice toymaker, a spoiled young nobleman, a court jester and a motley crew of misfits.
But the evil has turned on itself, the corruption gnawing at its own innards; and now the Regent of Danaak, afflicted with a creeping, sorcerous horror, can find hope only in the waters of the legendary Wells of Ythan.
Two legends: in one lies hope for Ythan, in the other despair.
From fantasy author Marc Alexander comes Magic Casements the second instalment of the Wells of Ythan series. Follow the unlikely crew of an apprentice toymaker, a spoiled young nobleman, a court jester and their companions as they search for the lost Princess Livia.