Forbidden Magic

angus wells

In the time of the beginning, when the First Gods created all things, they brought forth two children, Tharn and Balatur, lesser gods, to walk upon the new world. But Balatur was arrogant. Tharn was consumed with madness, and the First Gods were forced to condemn them to an eternal, deathlike sleep, lest they destroy creation.

Now a mysterious wizard seeks to awaken the mad Tharn and unleash his terrifying power into the world. If he succeeds, the god’s insane fury could rip apart the fabric of existence and give the diabolical magician what he seeks most of the scepter of domination over the forces of chaos.

Only the young scholar Calandryll has the knowledge and skill to stop the evil wizard’s plan. Accompanied by a cynical mercenary, protected by an enigmatic magic, he must journey across a war-torn countryside, facing terror and treachery both real and magical, to find the ancient book whose incantations can bring the evil god back to life — and destroy it forever.

Forbidden Magic is the thrilling beginning of The Godwars , an epic adventure of heroism and sorcery by one of the most exciting new writers of fantasy today.

Genres fantasyfictionscience fiction fantasyepic fantasyadulthigh fantasy

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1992

Series

The Godwars

This edition

Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Published: May 1, 1992 by Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780553762754
ASIN: 0553762753
Language: English

About the author

angus wells

aka William S. Brady (with John Harvey), J.B. Dancer (with John Harvey), Ian Evans, Charles C Garrett (with Laurence James), Matthew Kirk, Richard Kirk (with Robert Holdstock), James A Muir, Charles R Pike (with Kenneth Bulmer and Terry Harknett), Andrew Quiller (with Kenneth Bulmer and Laurence James), J.D. Sandon (with John Harvey)

Angus Wells (1943 - 2006) was a British writer of genre fiction, including fantasy and westerns.