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Sullivan's Fantastic Tales
Riverok Books
Smashwords
Category:
Fantasy
Publisher: Lulu
Type: Fiction
Pages: 60
Copyright: 2011
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
A teleporter malfunctions, sending a scientist and his assistant into an alternate universe. They are stranded on an alternate Earth where magic is real, and must use their knowledge of science to survive.
Jason Devlin, scientist, inventor, and martial arts expert, his nephew and assistant, Stu, are sent to an alternate Earth by a malfunctioning teleporter. On this 12th century type Earth, magic is real and sorcerers rule. Jason falls for a beautiful sorceress, who thinks fate has sent him to save her people from a barbaric horde led by an evil sorcerer.
Stu falls for the younger sister of the sorceress, but the two men learn that affairs between the sorcerer class and common people are forbidden in this world.
Jason and Stu must use their wits, scientific knowledge, and karate to survive in a world of magic. But things become complicated and confusing when Stu mysteriously develops magic powers.
Excerpt
The Mung warriors were as confounded by Jason's karate style of fighting as were the barbarous bandits. None of the warriors could match his speed and skill--until he faced a Mung clad in brown. The Mung Mage proved to be his equal and more.
Jason noted that the man's stripes and disc were gold, which showed him to be a top level sorcerer, but he also noted a small red heart on the man's upper left breast. He remembered that Rohan had once told him that the Mung awarded this insignia to those who excelled in spelled swordsmanship.
In spite of his superb physical condition, Jason was beginning to tire, but it was obvious that the Mage was tiring as well. The Mage, too, was confounded by Jason's style of fighting, but the Mage's skillful use of his spelled sword more than made up for Jason's unorthodox tactics. The Mage had him on the defensive. Jason was hard pressed to block and parry the slashing sword of the Mage; when he dodged, the Mage was moving with him.
He'd had it so easy with the bandits and Mung warriors that he'd grown lax--his karate instincts had grown dull. Now he must dig deep and find the will to sharpen those instincts--if it was not too late.
He could not allow the Mage to keep him on the defensive; he must go on the attack. Abruptly he changed his tactics from defensive to offensive. He shifted into an offensive stance. He faked a thrust, and as the Mung was set to parry, he exhaled sharply and yelled as he jumped and kicked. The surprised Mage dodged, but not quick enough. The Mage caught a glancing blow that sent him down.
But the Mage rolled and was up immediately. His sword was a blur as he thrust it toward Jason's chest. Jason quickly sidestepped while thrusting his own sword toward the Mage's chest. Suddenly Jason felt a hot stab and felt warm liquid wetting the right side of his chest. He saw his sword pierce the Mage's chest; it was the last thing he saw before blacking out.
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