In The Emperor, the first book in this trilogy, a young man called Audun discovered that he was the illegitimate son of Alberon, the Emperor of the North. Audun blamed the Emperor for the death of his mother and his grandparents. In Aldene Castle’s dungeons, he recovered a mysterious red stone which was all that remained of Oien, the ancient alchemist whose essence was locked away centuries earlier by the white magic of Alastair Munro. Now in this sequel, Audun has to harness the power of the stone and learn the secrets of the Staff of Power before he can claim his inheritance.
Robert (Bob) Reid grew up in Scotland’s beautiful border country. Hawick was home until it was time to go to university in Edinburgh. A degree and a PhD in Chemistry followed. It was in Edinburgh that Bob met and married Phyllis. Work opportunities took them south, and their son Simon was born in Cheshire and their daughter Charis some years later in Swindon. Highworth, near Swindon, became home in 1982. It still is home and has become a special place to Bob and Phyllis. Bob’s career of forty y…
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