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

Meanwhile, the former premier and the dark-tainted mage were given a speedy trial and condemned to death. Although magedom was always reluctant to deal such final punishment, everyone agreed the two wicked ones had strayed so far to the evil side there was no hope of recovery or redemption. The danger they would never cease to pose was too great to allow them to live.


No firing squad or gallows was required. Five of the senior mages, selected in a random drawing, placed the two miscreants against a massive wall. Then they beamed so much energy through them that they both evaporated into the ether, vanishing as if they had never existed. Such energies as remained drifted away into the universe to be absorbed into the great pool, dispersed too much for any identity to linger.


Chapter 19