Sam Gordon is followed by someone dressed like a wizard. He figures the guy to be another San Francisco lunatic until the man meets Sam at his favorite café carrying on about time continuum portals. Assured of the man's insanity, Sam escapes out the back door, which drops him into a strange place.

In a land of green grass and no automobiles, Sam cannot find the door back to the café. He questions his sanity and sets out to find someone who can give him directions. When he is attacked by a swordsman on horseback, a beautiful young woman named Margot, intervenes. She speaks an archaic dialect of Anglo-Saxon — a language Sam didn't know until that moment. Sam travels with them to Camelot and finds himself in King Arthur's court. Working as a blacksmith and studying the druidic arts under Merlin's tutelage, Sam learns he must complete an unknown task before a portal can open to his own place and time.

Merlin's Apprentice is created by B. K. Kerley, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Merlin's Apprentice

King Arthur shook his head. “I can’t let you do it, Sam. Sir Agravain is a knight, and you are a tradesman. It is against the law for a commoner or tradesman to raise a hand against a nobleman. It is punishable by death.”


“But Lord,” I said. “Sir Agravain has been treating the commoners poorly, and he has threatened me several times. It is only a matter of time before an innocent person is hurt or dies at his hand. He has also dishonored me. I should have the right to accept his challenge.”


I had expected this and prepared for contingencies after Merlin had explained a few things about the local law. When I had chosen the weapons, fire, and sword, I thought of the fire that my blade produces when it moves through the air. I figured that Agravain would probably dip his weapon in a flammable media like pitch or naphtha and light it on fire. I was hoping he wouldn’t show up with a bow and fire arrows. 


Chapter 12