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

I glared at Lancelot and bit down on a totally unhelpful sarcastic comment. I had to think — what would Merlin do? The druid had said that part of the magic is willing it to happen. I drew back to inspect the shrine, hoping to see how I could force my will upon it. The stone shrine sat upon a slab of polished marble, which aided its ability to slide. Then I saw the problem. A hand-sized piece of shale had somehow gotten wedged between the marble and the granite shrine. 


“There,” I said, pointing. “That stone is why the shine won’t move. Get that wedge out!”


Bedivere kicked at the offending stone, but it held fast. Sounds of the approaching enemy grew closer. Lancelot swung his sword at the shale wedge and sent it flying. The shrine then slid aside with ease. 


“Braden,” I said to the Pict. “There are torches in the tunnel. Take the horses in. We’ll guard your back. Don’t wait for us.”


Chapter 30