In Myre: Book 15, The Raiders of Gedamp, Queen Mattie personally invades the Preussen capital to rescue a two-year-old hostage from Vlam the Immolator. Her mission is interrupted by the arrival of her own baby at the worst possible time. The student wizards infiltrate Gedamp disguised as street urchins. Immy shares “spotted dick” and “ladyfingers” with Smerty, Vlam, and Lamia. The Mingens prepare a birthday surprise for their long-dead daughter. Jenks steals the Preussen war plans from under King Frederich’s nose. In a confrontation with Vlam, Mizar loses face badly.
Myre is a medieval epic for scientists, engineers, martial artists, strong women, math nerds, linguists, and people who love history. 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 15 of 18.
The world is all magical, and we can master it. We can be wizards, not just read about them.
