My Son, the Wizard

by Christopher Stasheff

Overview

A WORLD OF TROUBLES - TIMES TWO!

Matt Mantrell - Her Majesty's Wizard - conjured himself from magical Merovence to Jersey City for a long-delayed visit to his parents. Back in his hometown vicious, drug-dealing gangs had reduced Matt's old neighborhood to a wasteland, driven his father out of business, and forced his parents to the brink of destitution and homelessness. The only answer was for Matt to transport them - permanently - to Merovence.

But once back in that realm with his parents in tow, Matt found that Merovence and the neighboring Kingdom of Ibile faced imminent subjugation by the conquest-hungry Moors. As Queen Alisande led her army to engage the enemy head-on, Matt launched his own campaign - with the aid of his fledgling wizard father, the faithful dragon Stegoman, and a hapless tag-along thief. Grappling with djinnis, matching wits with a Moorish military genius, and trading spells with sinister sorcerers, they sought to root out the real enemy behind the mayhem: a cunning and deadly wizard who served the most evil master of all...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150712508
Publisher:	Stasheff Literary Enterprises
Publication date:	09/15/2014
Series:	A Wizard in Rhyme , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	436,893
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Christopher Stasheff is a teacher, thespian, techie, and author of science fiction & fantasy novels. One of the pioneers of "science fantasy," his career spans four decades, 44 novels (including translations into Czech, German, Italian, Russian, and Japanese), 29 short stories, and seven 7 anthologies. His novels are famous for their humor (and bad puns), exploration of comparative political systems, and philosophical undertones.

Editorial Reviews

Stasheff continues the adventures of the wizard Sir Matthew (Matt Mantrell), a doctoral student transported via an ancient poetic chant to the Middle Ages country of Merovence. Matt moves his parents from their decaying New Jersey neighborhood to Merovence where, with magical rhymes, they help him and his wife, Queen Alisande, fight off invading Moors and genies. Stasheff creates wonderful portraits of educated people, unappreciated at home but invaluable elsewhere.

The Library Journal - Reed Business Information, Inc.

I appreciate the Stasheff approach to family values. I've certainly read a lot of books where the hero is conveniently orphaned, or his folks just didn't understand him, or they can't appreciate the greatness that burns within his manly breast. But Stasheff gives us a hero who's spent a couple of years battling evil and now things are good and he slaps his hand up against his forehead and says, "Gosh, wonder how the folks are doing?" It's refreshing.

Del Ray / Ballantine - Veronica Chapman