About Swordsmaster: Awakening by William Mangieri:
This is the starter book in the Swordsmaster series (FREE as a smashwords presale until the September 29th release day.)
The sorcerer Svaerd destroyed the Aurae Council in his quest to take the power of Taernfeld for himself. He almost succeeded in his designs, but was defeated by the council’s lone survivor. Trapped within a haeld-sword, he plots his escape.
For four-hundred years, magic has been outlawed by Tor-Haval. Sandrik is the first bright-eye to be seen in Caladon in living memory, and he doesn’t want anyone to think of him as they did the ominous Aurae of legend, so he keeps his special abilities hidden. But there is more to Sandrik than even he knows. Now he is about to enter the ancient ruins of Taernfeld to be declared a man, but another fate awaits him. Will he escape it?
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Author Bio:
William Mangieri is a blogger, karaoke junkie, former theater student, and recovered wargamer who writes from Texas. He’s been published in Daily Science Fiction, The Arcanist, and Flash Fiction Magazine, with publication pending in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. You can follow him at https://williammangieri.wordpress.com