A New Book by Adam Gray in 2011!
ABAX America Early next year we will be publishing a new book by Adam Gray, co-writer of Whodunit. Also in the Fiction in Action series. Similar format to Whodunit but at a lower level and in a different genre. This next book will be fantasy. It's tentatively titled The Wizard's Son. Here's an excerpt:
Twenty-three days after Ulwin left Kingskeep, someone knocked on Corwin’s door.
“Who’s there?” Corwin asked, surprised.
“It’s me, Mr. Loden. Are you alone?”
Mr. Loden was a kind man who worked in the hawk-keep. The hawk-keep was a room at the top of the castle tower. The hawks with messages arrived there.
Corwin fixed his cloak and his hair. Then he opened the door. “Good day, Mr. Loden. Yes, I’m alone. Come in.”
Mr. Loden looked both ways and then entered. Corwin closed the heavy wooden door behind him.
“Young wizard, I am breaking the rules. Prince Garlo wants to see all of the hawk messages when they arrive. But a hawk arrived just now. Colett, your father’s hawk.” Mr. Loden took a leather bag out of his coat pocket. “When I saw what she brought, I thought I should show you.”
Corwin took the bag and emptied it onto his bed. There were two objects inside. The first was a rock. It was not shiny, beautiful, or even clean – just a rock. He showed it to Mr. Loden.
“Not that,” Mr. Loden said. “The other one.”
Corwin put the rock in his pocket and looked at the other object. He picked it up, but he could not believe that it was real.
“This is my father’s spellbook,” he whispered.
“Aye,” said Mr. Loden.
Corwin opened the heavy green book. His father’s perfect writing filled almost every line of every page. Other than his wand, this spellbook was the most important thing that his father owned.
“He loves this book. He needs it. Why did he send it to me?”
Update: We have a newer working title for The Wizard's Son, Spellbound. What do you think?
Reader Comments (4)
I guess he'd better get to work! : )
No, no. More true of the other side! Looking greatly forward to this book. Again a story that, pedagogic purposes aside, is simply a fine, fine story. And again a set of engaging characters.
Or in the sense of casting spells... how about "Caster"?
That should get you rolling... or in Japan get you smoking!
Update: the title is set
Fiction in Action: Spellbound. Release is planned for October 2011.