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

Arthur was ecstatic. Sir Bores Defray swore allegiance to Arthur and brought with him twelve hundred troops. Kardon promised a limited contract allegiance bound by the flow of wealth. Once the money stopped, so did all oaths of fealty. Kardon had twenty-five hundred professional soldiers to aid Arthur’s cause.


I had other things on my mind. By the time I visited Margot, news had already reached her. “What took you so long?” She asked, giving me a hug. “I heard you returned this morning.”


I kissed her and replied, “I have been busy.” I had removed my chainmail and left it at my room before coming here, so her embrace felt warm and sensual. I couldn’t help but wonder if she was wearing any underclothes. But, hey, I’m a man — so sue me.


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