Preceptor: Book 16 Of The Spellmonger Series

Minalan the Spellmonger has come a long way since he woke up to a goblin invasion
almost a decade ago. Since then he has built cities, mighty armies, invented new
enchantments and pioneered entirely new fields of magic. Now that the Witch Queen of
Darkfaller has taken over one of the most powerful castles in the center of the kingdom,
he has to marshal all of his resources – political, military, and arcane – to try to drive her
from the strategic and symbolically important stronghold. It will be the most difficult
military operation the Spellmonger has ever attempted – and he cannot fail. The future
of the kingdom and all of humanity may well depend on his victory.
To complicate matters, the King and Queen have asked him to do the impossible: take
their son and heir to the throne, Prince Tavard, and try to tutor him in statecraft, wisdom,
and perhaps some common sense. As Tavard has always hated Minalan and seen him
as a threat, this proves to be a challenge even the Spellmonger shies away from. He
makes a counter-proposal to not just tutor Tavard, but also his three closest rivals to the
throne at the same time.

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