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

My blood boiled. Who would rip me off? My sleep deprivation fueled my anger. I wanted blood as much as I needed rest. Turning, I strode in search of Sir Kay. He was Arthur’s seneschal and chief enforcer. My face and bearing must have expressed my mood because servants scattered out of my way as I stormed through the castle.


I went through the kitchen and the hall, but the former held only cooks and servants, and the latter was empty. I then went to Sir Kay’s office and found it locked. 


I spotted the page, Adam, and hailed him. “Can you tell me where I can find Sir Kay?”


“Why, yes, my Lord Baron,” Adam replied. “Sir Kay is in the East Wing seeing to your suite.”


“The seneschal decided to refurbish your rooms with new furniture befitting a baron. So he had me bring your things there earlier this afternoon.” Adam tilted his head at my blank expression. “Did you not know?”


Chapter 33