
The Bounds of Magic
Gary D. Robson(Author)
Tryllevær Saga (Publisher)
Published on 7. April 2026
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-945110-14-6 (ISBN)
Description
Sko has no desire to follow in his abusive father's footsteps as a bladesmith. He'd rather be a storyteller, though he has taught himself a bit of magic. He has put up with his father beating him for being weak and useless, but hitting Sko's best friend, Dacey, was too much. Sko strikes back, and has to flee town with Dacey not knowing whether he left his father dead or alive.
Sko discovers that his magic is quite useful, and very different from everyone else's. When they are attacked by highwaymen on the road, he uses his magic to fight them off. For the first time, he has hurt someone with his magic, and it sickens him. Dacey, on the other hand, has no reluctance when it comes to using violence to protect Sko. When a group of young mages invite him into their new unified magic guild, he realizes he could change the way magic is taught and practiced. As he works with them, he and Dacey realize their lifelong friendship is blossoming into much more.
Joining the journeymen sets Sko on a collision course with Morana, the most powerful necromancer in history. When she discovers the new guild, she realizes it would interfere with her plans to take control of all six existing magic guilds. She strikes, forcing Sko and Dacey go into hiding. Are his lofty goals in magic worth it, or would he be happier marrying Dacey and going back to his childhood dream of being a storyteller?
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Series
Language
English
Publishing group
Proseyr Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
722 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-945110-14-6 (9781945110146)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Gary Robson is a tea blogger and author in the booming metropolis of Red Lodge, Montana, population 2,300. His daughter currently runs their family-owned tea business. He has written thirty books, a half-dozen tech manuals, entries for two dictionaries, stories for anthologies, and hundreds of magazine, newspaper, and web articles.He started out in the technology world and became a vocal advocate of closed captioning on television for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. In his endless quest to figure out what he's going to be when he grows up, he has been granted three patents, teamed up with family members to start an electronics business and a software company; owned and operated a small newspaper, a bookstore, and a tea business; taught computer science; raised some cattle; done a little standup comedy; put on seminars all over the country; given a TEDx talk; and competed in rodeos. He's currently writing full-time. Luckily for him, Gary's wife and kids are good at smiling tolerantly and putting up with him.