In Myre: Book 11, The Dotty Duchess of Gwr, Mizar and friends are blocked by a lunatic duchess, Dotty of Gwr, who defies their authority. A dinner party becomes a diplomatic battlefield. Trapped between fire and poison, the wizard bets his life on “sagacious children.” The Baby Wizards put an army to flight, fight Sarsen slavers at sea, and perform a daring raid on a pretzel shop. Lamia kidnaps Immy’s newborn daughter. Mattie confronts the moral issue of executing the insane.
Myre is a medieval fantasy for humanists, technology nerds, martial artists, feminists, and anyone who loves the history of science. The “magic” is all real within the limits of medieval alchemy, metallurgy, mathematics, and medicine.
Author Bruce Clayton is a hanshi (professor emeritus of martial arts), a scientist, survivalist, writer, and historian. The Chapter Notes share his insights into the background of the story and the 38-year process of writing it. This is volume 11 of 17.
The world is all magical, and we can master it. We can be wizards, not just read about them.
