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Category:	Fantasy	Publisher:	WheelMan Press	ISBN-10:	1440471282	Type:
Pages:	88	Copyright:	November 22, 2008	ISBN-13:	9781440471285	Fiction

For the first time in print comes the story of Davian, brother of a disgraced former member of the Sacred Order of Permeation, also known as the Summoners, has waited eons for the chance to finish the task his brother Scapin failed to complete. But he must contend with a haughty ghost, a brash and beautiful female who may be the most powerful Summoner ever born, and a growing darkness within his own soul, the very same temptations that destroyed his brother three thousand years ago. Will Davian prove to be a better man? Buy your copy! Amazon WheelMan Press WheelMan Press For the first time in print comes the story of Davian, brother of a disgraced former member of the Sacred Order of Permeation, also known as the Summoners, has waited eons for the chance to finish the task his brother Scapin failed to complete. But he must contend with a haughty ghost, a brash and beautiful female who may be the most powerful Summoner ever born, and a growing darkness within his own soul, the very same temptations that destroyed his brother three thousand years ago. Will Davian prove to be a better man?

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Fantasy with a nice spice of sci-fi!
Mr. Banks has written an excellent fantasy tale here, with just a touch of a science-fiction element in the background. The story builds from a start thousands of years in its past when the power of great magicians resolved a war against an alien species invading across dimensions. With that as background he jumps to the future where the resolution is threatened and the powers of the mages are needed once again.

Rather than focus on the grand scale of active battle as many fantasy and science fiction writers do, Banks builds his story around the central character of one of the most powerful of the mages, his love, and his apprentice. The conflict between taming the universe(s) through science and working with the power of those universes through tapping into their magical ether and shaping it through magical will is handled adroitly as the story builds smoothly toward a final climax that calls back memories of its beginnings.

Quite an impressive scope for a short story and handled quite well. Hard-core science fiction fans may not care for the overriding strength of the fantasy element, but magic/fantasy lovers and those who appreciate the blending of genres will love it!

This is the first of Mr. Bank's efforts that I've read but it probably won't be the last. Well done!

Michael J. McFadden
Author of Dissecting Antismokers' Brains