The Sorcerer's Legacy (The Sorcerer's Path)

by Brock Deskins

It was at that time that Borik’s stomach gurgled loudly. “Uh oh.”

  “What Uh oh?” Maude asked.

  “I shouldn’a ate those pickled eggs,” Borik replied.

  “That was clear back at the inn. How are they bothering you now?”

  “I took a jar with me and ate it last night—uh oh,” Borik said once more before a low rumbling sound filled the canyon for a solid ten seconds.

  “Oh by the gods, Borik!” Malek hissed as the smell reached his nose and made his eyes water.

  “You and that breech bugle of yours are gonna get us killed one of these days!” Maude added as her stomach threatened to hurl its contents all over the ground.

  The short, fat guard glared at the huge man next to him. “There ya go again. It’s that what got us put on this lousy detail ta begin with.”

  “It weren’t me. An ya still owes me two silver on account of I told ya they’d burn with a blue flame,” the big one returned.

  “Ya’s weren’t supposed ta set the bleeding tent on fire when ya did it, ya great idiot!”

  “It weren’t my fault they’d been recently oiled ta keep the rain out. B’sides, I ain’t never shot a flame that far. I guess I din’t know me own strength.”

  The shorter one turned towards his partner. “Didn’t know yer own strength? It weren’t a bloody wrestlin' match, ya fat headed idiot! I ought ta bung ya like a beer keg, ya moron.”

  “It were an accident, so get off me about it, Nobby!” the enormous guard demanded.

  “I can’t get off ya, Morton,” the thin one said.

  “Why’s that, Nobby?”

  “Cause only yer mum can get me off an’ she ain’t here!” Nobby explained, laughing at his own joke.

  “Now that’s just not right, Nobby, seein’ as we got the same mum,” Morton said.

  “We ain’t got the same mum, Morton, so ain’t nothin’ wrong with it.”

  “How we be brothers and ain’t got the same mum, Nobby?” Morton asked, not believing his brother.

  “You was adopted,” Nobby shot back.

  “I weren’t not adopted! ya go and take that back,” Morton demanded.

  “Nope, it’s true. Mum found ya on the porch in a basket. She never did want ya.”

  “If she din’t want me then why she’d brung me inside?” Morton wanted to know.

  “She wanted the basket for her knittin’. It was a nice basket,” Nobby replied.

  “Then why she go an’ keep me then?”

  “We thoughts ya was a ham until ya started squallin’ yer lungs out. B’sides, mum liked the basket and figured it be a package deal,” Nobby explained. “Why ya think she din’t come sees ya on yer birthday last year?”

  “She was sick!”

  “Aye, sick a’ lookin’ at yer ugly face.”

  And here is where Tarth puts them to sleep and they sneak past into the temple in search of the boots.

  FROM THE AUTHOR

  Okay, some of you are like, wtf, he’s back to telling a bunch of different stories like in the first book. Where’s all the slaying and overcoming adversity? It’s coming and it is coming with a vengeance! (Oh, title of the fourth book is The Sorcerer’s Vengeance, what a clever bit of accidental word play)

  All of these seemingly random side stories will come into effect in later books and make sense. I try very hard not to write something simply for the sake of making more words. Even Ellyssa’s antics, particularly running off without really thinking and rescuing the other children is used to define her character and is a prelude to her getting into much more serious trouble later on.

  Book four will take us back to the fast-paced action and butt-kicking of book two. So if book three left you a little put off with all the dialog and character building, stick with me. I’ll make it up to you, I promise.

  I hope you enjoyed this fun little tale and will try my other works. Please drop by at http://www.brockd.us and give them a read. Feel free to look me up on Facebook! You can also check me out on my new blog at http://brockdeskins.blogspot.com. I post release dates, answer questions, and occasionally some new covers for my books!

  The Sorcerer’s Saga is an open-ended fantasy series.

  The Sorcerer’s Ascension, first of the series, starts with Azerick as young boy of wealth who loses everything before discovering great potential as a sorcerer while trying to survive on the deadly streets he now must call home. Travel with young Azerick as he grows up, grows strong, and grows steadfast in his determination to survive and make those pay who have taken everything from him.

  The Sorcerer’s Torment: Azerick flees The Academy but quickly falls prey to powerful beings that use his skills and power for their own amusement. What these creatures do not understand is the power of the young sorcerer's will and the lengths he will go to for vengeance. Despite becoming a prisoner, Azerick finds his first true love but can he keep it?

  The Sorcerer’s Legacy: Azerick has found himself a home and tries to settle down. He takes on an apprentice and tries to put all the death and desire for vengeance behind him. But when The Rook finds him, Azerick is once again pulled back into Ulric's schemes. Knowing that all he has worked towards and everyone close to him is in danger as long as these schemes are ongoing; Azerick decides to put an end to it, once and for all.

  Shrouds of Darkness is a modern day vampire tale. Who doesn’t like those these days? Leo Malone has been a vampire for the better part of the twentieth century. Once a prominent Sherriff (vampire cop), he now earns his living as a private eye and occasional bodyguard for anyone that requires some serious protection. Leo is hired by the daughter of a mob accountant who has gone missing.

  The fact that he is also a werewolf has Leo following a trail of grisly murders that will lead him through a web of intrigue and conspiracy involving his fellow vampires and the local werewolves that make New York their home, all the while trying to keep one particularly determined cop off his back and himself out of jail. Leo is a hard eyed, remorseless killing machine who lives by the motto “there’s no problem so big that well-placed explosives can’t solve”.

  The Portal is a fun and exciting story of some less than popular teenagers that accidentally open a portal to a mystical land during one of their role-playing games. Drew, a dour and anti-establishment teenager, is pulled through and captured by evil creatures lying in wait on the other side. Now it is up to his friends and older brother to rescue him, but who will rescue Drew’s captors from him?

  Again, I just want to thank everyone who has purchased my books. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I have been able to provide something enjoyable to so many people.

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