Part of Series
Decades before Grobennar earned his place as High Priest, he was just your above-average seeker-in-training—sort of. Each year the best seekers of the Academy are pitted against one another in a brutal race to capture dark wielders within the city of Sire Karth. The winner earns the glory, the sash, and the assurance that he or she will rise high within the Klerol. Grobennar has rallied others to his cause, but his nemesis, Rajuban, seeks the very same prize and is not without schemes of his own. What will victory cost? What secrets might be revealed along the way? This short-story is a prequel to “The Other Magic”, the first novel in the Passage to Dawn series.
Author
Derrick Smythe has been fascinated with all things elvish, dwarvish, and magical since his days of running through the woods with sharpened sticks in defense of whatever fortification he and his brothers had built that summer. After consuming nearly every fantasy book he could find, he was driven to begin work on one of his own. When he isn’t dreaming up new stories, he can be spotted hiking the Adirondack Mountains or traveling the world. He currently resides near his hometown in upstate New York with his enchanting wife, ethereal daughters, and his faithful-if-neurotic Australian Shepherd, Magnus. Derrick's debut novel, The Other Magic, has been an Amazon bestseller in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The second book in the Passage to Dawn series titled, The Other Way, released in November of 2021 as a #1 Bestselling New Release. Smythe has also penned two stand-alone prequels, To Earn the Sash (2020), and another #1 Bestselling New Release, To Wield a Plague (2022). Work continues on the next installment in the Passage to Dawn. Awards for The Other Magic: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Winner (2020) Global Book Award, Winner (2020) Global Ebook Award, Runner-up (2020) Independent Publisher Book Award, Runner-up (2020) National Indie Excellence Award, Finalist (2020) Indies Today Award, Finalist (2020) Wishing Shelf Book Award, Finalist (2020) Kindle Book Award, Semi-Finalist (2020) Reader's Favorite, Honorable Mention (2020) Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Finalist (2019) B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree Contact: Email: author@derricksmythe.com Website: https://derricksmythe.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/DerrickSmythe.Author Sign up for Derrick's newsletter at: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/80329/...
