Author Description

Strange ants appear on Planet Burnt. The shanty girl, Megara, fleeing soldiers of a tyrant mage, hides with them. They feed her, protect her---and transmit magic. Is it a blessing or a curse? The monopoly of the tyrant mages is broken. Meg is hunted. She fights for life---facing prodigies of spell casting, human and monstrous; pressed to master greater and greater parts of magic's endlessness; battling the pull to evil that grows with growing power. What will become of her? Will darkness claim her? How can she survive? Fantasy, science fiction, social science fiction, character driven action and adventure, sweet romance and humor, in worlds of extreme magic, technical and biological, with human, alien, demon, ant, eel, and spider spell casters; a thousand plus pages presented in two parts. (Dear Reader, a review of your experience with 'Mages... Part 1' would be greatly appreciated.)