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

“Storm the castle?” Margot exclaimed an octave higher. “What castle? Is he lending you men at arms, archers, and pikemen?”


“No, none of that,” I replied. “I’m on my own. I’m not really planning on storming a castle. I will have to use other resources to accomplish my goal.” I scrunched my brows. “Have you ever heard of Baron Hugh Legrand?”


Margot’s eyes narrowed at the mention of the name. “I know who he is,” she replied with frosty anger. “Our families have been at war for three generations. This is why my father only brought three thousand men at arms to Arthur’s aid. Nevertheless, he felt it necessary to leave a strong contingent behind to guard his holdings.”


“I gathered as much from what your father told me.” I paused. “The baron said if I could figure a way to take Legrand’s castle, it would be mine by right of conquest. I would become the new baron, and Baron Hugh would be out on his ear or die in battle. Only then will your father give his blessing for us to wed.”


Chapter 16