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

“The wizard is as good as dead,” Sir Kay said.


“I’m not so sure,” I replied. “If the griffin wanted him dead, why didn’t she just eat him?”


We were in Arthur’s Hall. I had come in and told him that I would go rescue Merlin, but he said no and immediately appointed me acting court wizard in the druid’s absence.


“I believe Sir Sam is right,” the king said. “My half-sister and Merlin have a long rivalry. She would want to imprison him and gloat.”


Guinevere chuckled. “Perhaps she just wants to play with him for a while. Morgan has a lusty appetite.”


It takes one to know one, I thought. “How long will Morgan keep the druid prisoner before she kills him?”


“That would depend on Merlin’s performance,” the queen purred, enjoying the topic. “Arthur could tell you more about his half-sister’s passions. Did you know that Mordred is Arthur’s son and nephew?”


Chapter 21