Scholars
Practitioners of the Art of Gnosis.
Sorcery
The study of magic.
Spenser Hall
The dormitory at Roanoke Academy that is favored by canticlers.
Terrible Five
The leaders of the Veltdammerung, who terrorized the World of the Wise during the Terrible Years. They consisted of: Simon Magus, Morgana le Fay, Koschei the Deathless, Baba Yaga, and Aleister Crowley.
Thaumaturgy
One of the Seven Sorcerous Arts. It is the Art of storing charges of magic in a gem.
Thule
A country that is known only to the World of the Wise. It occupies the section of Greenland that is, in our world, occupied by the world’s largest national park (larger than all but 32 countries).
Transylvania
A country that exists in the world of the book but not in our world. It is known to both the World of the Wise and the Unwary. It is ruled by the Starkadder family.
Tutor
The term used for professors at Roanoke Academy.
Unwary
One who does not know about the magical world.
Veltdammerung
Twilight of the World. The organization that served the Terrible Five during the Terrible Years. It consisted of the Morthbrood and of supernatural servants.
Warding
One of the Seven Sorcerous Arts. It is the Art of protecting one’s self from magical influences.
Wise
Those in the know about the magical world (as in the root of the word ‘wizard’).
Wisecraft
The law enforcement agency of the Wise. The Agents work for the Wisecraft.
World of the Wise
The community of those who know about the magical world.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Mark Whipple, John C. Wright, and William E. Burns, III
who breathed the life into the original story.
To Virginia Johnson, Erin Furby, Anna MacDonald, Brian Furlough, Bill Burns, and Jeff Zitomer, who helped iron out the bumps, and to my sons, Orville and Justinian for playing along and particularly to Juss, for wearing a lightning imp under his cat.
To Erin Furby, Kiara Lingenfelter, Joel C. Salomon, Meredith Dixson, Mark Thompson, Allan Lakner, Anthony Regan, Bruce and Billy Carlton, for slogging through the early drafts, and to Sue Sims for catching “Americanisms”.
To Jim Frenkel for the gift of editing, for which Rachel will be forever grateful.
To Anna “Firtree” Macdonald for making it readable.
To Joel C. Salomon for making it so that other people can read it.
To Dan Lawlis and Danille Ackley-McPhail for making it presentable.
To my mother, Jane Lamplighter, for listening and making dinner on Wednesdays, so I could write. This volume is dedicated to her.
About the Authors
L. Jagi Lamplighter is also the author of the Prospero’s Daughter series: Prospero Lost, Prospero In Hell, and Prospero Regained. She is an assistant editor with the Bad-Ass Faeries Anthologies. She is also a founding member of the Superversive Literary Movement and maintains a weekly blog on the subject. When not writing, she switches to her secret identity as wife and stay-home mom in Centreville, VA, where she lives with her dashing husband, author John C. Wright, and their four darling children, Orville, Ping-Ping, Roland Wilbur, and Justinian Oberon.
To learn more, visit http://ljagilamplighter.com
On Twitter: @lampwright4
Mark A. Whipple grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, which is not far from Roanoke Island. He then attended St. John’s College in Annapolis, the mundane sister school to Roanoke Academy. Until recently, he has spent his free time, when not busy torturing Rachel Griffin, protecting the world from video game threats. Now, however, he volunteers with Stillbrave, a charity devoted to helping the families of children with cancer.
Unexpected Charity: 30% of the authors’ proceeds from the Unexpected Enlightenment series goes to charity. Current charities of choice:
Mark’s choice: Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation – helping families of children with cancer.
Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation
6731A Edsall Road
Springfield, VA 22151
https://stillbrave.org
Jagi’s choice: All Girls Allowed – fighting for the rights and dignity of girls in China, and St. John’s College – which, as the Wise all know, was started by two students from Dee Hall.
All Girls Allowed
101 Huntington Avenue, Suite 2205
Boston, MA 02199
http://allgirlsallowed.org
St. John’s College
60 College Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
http://www.sjc.edu
The Books of Unexpected Enlightenment
The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel GriffinThe Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin
The Raven, The Elf, and RachelThe Raven, The Elf, and Rachel
Rachel and the Many-Splendored DreamlandRachel and the Many-Splendored Dreamland
The Awful Truth about ForgettingThe Awful Truth about Forgetting
The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering (forthcoming)
Guardians of the Twilight Lands (forthcoming)
… and more to come
Other books by L. Jagi Lamplighter
The Prospero’s Children Trilogy
Prospero Lost
Prospero In Hell
Prospero Regained
The Awful Truth About Forgetting (Books of Unexpected Enlightenment Book 4) Page 46