The latest addition to our free listings in the UK Kindle Store is something special in fantasy fiction from Harper Voyager author Blake Charlton ….
The Gift of Fury
Now with free bonus material: an extra short story added by the author!
4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews
Kindle Price: £2.22 includes VAT* & wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet
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Enter the world of Count Albritton. It is a world where magic and the supernatural are very real. Creatures of legend, sorcerers and other powers walk among us. As a paranormal investigator, Count helps people with supernatural problems the authorities are either unwilling or unable to deal with. It’s dangerous work. Luckily he has Kara, a beautiful guardian angel to help him.
Over the years, magic has grown weaker as mankind has made more and more technological advances. Many things that were possible in the past are no longer possible or easier to accomplish using technology. One man seeks to change all of that. He plans to bring back the golden age of magic. To do so, means sacrificing the technology that mankind depends upon and unleashing horrors best left forgotten.
Count isn’t about to let that happen. Even with the help of his friends, it’s a fight he isn’t sure he can win.
Jackson may be new to UK readers, but the 5-star reviews on the US Amazon site make it clear that he brings something special to the Contemporary Fantasy fiction genre:
- “If you took Harry Dresden, Dirty Harry Calahan, and maybe John Rambo and combined them into one smart and somewhat refined hard core S.O.B. you might come up with Count Albrittin….”
- “Intriguing things always start at a Waffle House at 2am. With a guardian angel like Kara watching out for him, and a handful of friends to help him along the way, the hero finds himself caught up in an epic battle of good and evil. I’m not much of a reviewer, but I found this to be a gritty entertaining read. Get it before somebody tells Jackson how good it is and has him jack up the price….”
- “To misquote Shakespeare: some men are born great, some are made great and others have greatness thrust upon them. Count Albritton, the hero of Richard Jackson’s The Gift of Fury, falls into that last category. He’s minding his own business, having a somewhat ordinary life, when he comes into the possession of a ring–and finds himself embroiled in a battle of good and evil….”
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‘Blake Charlton has not only invented a fascinating world and peopled it with realistic people and wonderful, grisly monsters, but he has also created one of the few truly original magical systems we’ve seen in fantasy fiction… I’m fascinated to see what happens next and will be following every word with the absorption of an apprentice spellwright. You will be, too.’ Tad Williams
‘Nicodemus Weal is a protagonist that all of us can identify with. SPELLWRIGHT features a unique system of magic and characters that are genuine inhabitants of that world. SPELLWRIGHT is a letter-perfect story: an absorbing read and recommended.’ Robin Hobb
‘An enthralling tale’ Terry Brooks
‘A clever conceit well executed adds a flair of originality to this wizard-in-training fantasy. A spellcaster who can’t spell – in both senses of the word! Fast-paced and well-written, SPELLWRIGHT is an enjoyable read.’ Kevin J. Anderson
‘SPELLWRIGHT is exactly the kind of book that got me into fantasy in the first place. Blake Charlton has built a world that is as new as it is classic, and a story that kept me reading late into the night. Blake Charlton is a talent to watch.’ –Daniel Abraham
‘Blake Charlton’s novel is, quite literally, a magical and spellbinding adventure about overcoming the sort of odds that many in our own world struggle with.’ Tobias Buckell
‘An absorbing tale of acceptance for lovers of language and magic everywhere.’ Sean Williams
Description
In a world where words can come to life, an inability to spell can be a dangerous thing. And no one knows this better than apprentice wizard Nicodemus Weal.
Nicodemus is a cacographer, unable to reproduce even simple magical texts without ‘misspelling’ – a mistake which can have deadly consequences. He was supposed to be the Halcyon
Nicodemus Weal is a cacographer, unable to reproduce even simple magical texts without ‘misspelling’ – a mistake which can have deadly consequences. He was supposed to be the Halcyon, a magic-user of unsurpassed power, destined to save the world; instead he is restricted to menial tasks, and mocked for his failure to live up to the prophecy.
But not everyone interprets prophecy in the same way. There are some factions who believe a cacographer such as Nicodemus could hold great power – power that might be used as easily for evil as for good. And when two of the wizards closest to Nicodemus are found dead, it becomes clear that some of those factions will stop at nothing to find the apprentice and bend him to their will…
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