This is a lady on a quest to learn the 5 arts of magic.

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Tells the story of Kestrel's encounter with the lady wizard, Phoebe, and follows their travels across universes as he attempts to save his world

Alodar placed his hands on Briana’s shoulders, paused for a moment more, and then said softly, “The answer is no.” “You can’t do that!” Briana yelled back. “Even the Archimage has limits to his power. You admitted as much yourself. You cannot order me around like some serf of an Arcadian lord.” “I do not order you to stay because I am the Archimage,” Alodar said. “I do so because I am your father.” Briana felt the anger well within her like a brush fire suddenly out of control. She clinched her teeth so as not to say more. The library page had a key to this council chamber, she thought fiercely. It might take more than a single kiss to get it, but that is what she would have to do.

Is time immutable? Can stepping on a butterfly in the Jurassic change human history? Might denizens of the realm of demons have something to do with it? You bet! Fig stumbled a step backward. No towering devil stood before him as he had imagined … and feared. No great beast with a hideous smile of anticipation. Instead, he gazed at a female about the same height as himself. The face more alluring than any artist’s rendering of beauty could be. A petite upturned nose. Come-hither eyes. Red and sensuous lips contrasting with pale green skin. What must be the tops of wings appeared over her shoulders. “I am Lilith, what you on Earth call a succubus. Kiss me. That will be but a first hint of what delights await when you submit your will to mine.” Demonic love, parallel universes, female spies, and time travel all woven together in one exciting tale

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