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

“We need to leave immediately,” Merlin said.


“How are we supposed to do that with an army surrounding the city?” I gestured out the window. “Besides, your Arthur’s advisor. Aren’t we supposed to stay here and help defend the city?”


“We’re not surrounded yet, nor will they attack for a few days to a week. At least, not till the siege engines arrive. First, they will set up camp, gather boulders to launch at us with their catapults, and then send out patrols to burn and pillage the farmsteads. As far as getting out of the city, leave that to me.” Merlin picked up his saddlebags and headed for the stairway. “We can better serve Arthur by collecting that bat guano.”


“Bat shit?” I followed the druid. “Do you know how crazy that sounds? You’re bat shit crazy.”


“Go grab your things and meet me in the stables, and don’t let yourself be seen by anyone of authority, especially Arthur.”


Chapter 17