Driz aspires to be a great mage but he’s done poorly the last few years of his schooling and cannot enter the mage university. Instead he seeks a mentor in the remnants of the once-great magical race of Melcovia, now mostly driven into hiding by the brutal government of dictator Congerson.<br><br>Cory has hidden out in a remote estate in the foothills of the great mountains and sorely misses contact with others of his kind. When he hears a telepathic call from a youth seeking a mentor and master, it seems a dream come true. But will the young man find him? Can he buckle down enough to learn the discipline and control he needs? And can he ever become the true partner and soul-mate Cory has never found?<br><br>When Congerson’s minions and a rogue mage strike the last empowered folk in Melcovia, Driz’s family is in dire peril. He must choose between staying to work with Cory or breaking his indenture to try to save his mother and siblings. Which will it be?

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Also before the day was over, his head ached with the effort of striving to control his power and every muscle in his body hurt from the tension of trying to focus his energies into a beam finer than a silk thread. The academy, for all his mother’s efforts to enroll and keep him there, had taught him next to nothing when it came to real magick.


As the sun sank toward the distant horizon, he sat on the stoop and worried. He was not yet sure Cory would accept him as an apprentice, but he had hopes.4


Chapter 8