The Choice of Magic by Michael Manning

The Choice of Magic by Michael Manning

The ancient magic of wizards was anything but dark. It was the enlightenment that lifted humanity from the squalor of superstition, and the worship of fell spirits and capricious gods, but those days are gone. The shining glory of the sorcerers burned away the subtlety of wisdom, replacing it with easy power, held only in the hands of the elite--a new age built upon the elemental supremacy of aristocrats and the ignorance of the masses.

But this will change, for the greatest power comes with knowledge, and the deeper teachings of wizardry have not been utterly lost. The last wizard of the old tradition still survives in solitude, nursing tired grudges and waiting for death.

His passing might have gone unnoticed, but for the imposition of a youth too stubborn to accept his refusal to take an apprentice. With a new student comes new hope, and that hope has caused old powers to stir again. That the world will change is inevitable, but the shape of the future is anything but certain.

Michael Manning spent his formative years in Texas, reading fantasy and science fiction, concocting home-grown experiments in his backyard, and generally avoiding schoolwork. Later at college his love of beer blossomed and his love of role-playing games led to what he calls his 'best year ever' and what most of his family calls 'the lost year'. Eventually he graduated and by some strange irony, became a pharmacist. Unfortunately, Michael was not a very good pharmacist. Being free spirited was not a particularly good trait to possess in a career focused on perfection, and the letter-of-the-law. He wound up working in pharmacy informatics (for the safety of the public) but after ten years or so, he eventually grew tired of that as well. So he wrote a book, and one thing led to another, after a while he gave up trying to live two lives (much to his mother's chagrin), and here we are.

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ISBN 13	9781943481330
ISBN 10	1943481334
Title	The Choice of Magic
Author	Michael Manning
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Michael G. Manning
Year published	2019-08-16
Number of pages	464
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