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

“Sam,” Margot exclaimed when I appeared in front of her with Merlin across my shoulders. She scrambled to her feet. “Is he hurt?” 


“I don’t know, but we got to get out of here now.” Then, taking the druid to Margot’s horse, I flopped him over the saddle like a sack of grain.


“Where is Nimue?” Margot asked, a bit petulantly.


“Fighting Morgan.” I hurriedly tied Merlin to the saddle and then mounted my horse. I offered my hand to my girl. “Come on, let’s go.”


Taking it, she swung up behind me. “Why don’t I ride Nimue’s horse?”


“If you survived a dual with an evil shape-changing enchantress, would you want to be stranded without a horse in front of the witch’s lair?” Grasping the reins of the horse carrying Merlin, I kicked my mount into a run. The poor wizard bounced terribly. He’ll be sore later if he wakes. 


“Oh, right. I see your point. I’m sorry. I just thought… that you… well… I see the way you look at her.”


Chapter 38