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 adrenaline soared, not from fear but from rage. I felt the power build to bursting in the blink of an eye — I jumped. Big Nose's face registered the surprise I felt when I instantly appeared inches in front of him, my spear impaling his shield and body. His sword clattered to the floor. He gripped my arm and stared, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, as I watched the light fade from his eyes. Finally, he slid off my weapon, dead before hitting the floor.


The other three mercenaries, astonished and unbelieving, recovered quickly and advanced on me, spreading out like the professionals they were. Then they turned to Merlin, each taking an involuntary step back. The two closest to me raised their weapons while the third dropped his shield and sword and ran to the backside of Excalibur and crouched, cowering behind the stone pedestal.


Chapter 48