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

Nimue, I thought, as I climbed down from my horse. I had seen her portrayed in several movies and read about the Lady of the Lake in various versions of King Arthur stories, but I didn’t recall any of them depicting her as black. Perhaps, when I got back, I would take up writing and shake up the world with my version of Camelot. 


I sensed her magic, but I found her intriguing, beautiful, and exotic. Some of the stories said she was half fairy, while others depicted her as an enchantress. I could believe the latter because I found it very difficult to take my eyes off her until Margot cleared her throat.


I offered a hand to my fiancé and assisted her as she dismounted. I was about to introduce her to the legendary sorceress, but Nimue spoke first. “You are the Lady Margot of house D’airelle.”


Margot dipped a slight curtsy and replied cordially, “I am pleased to make your acquaintance.”


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