A Wizard in a Feud
About this ebook
When Gar Pike—the Rogue Wizard—and his traveling companion Alea land on a lost colony planet to do some minor ship repairs, they decide to take some time for shore leave and explore. It’s not long before they meet one of the planet’s local life forms: Fairies.
As they explore the world and meet its inhabitants—colonists long ago transplanted from Scotland and then forgotten—they quickly realize every clan is feuding with their neighboring clans. Though everyone secretly wants peace, nobody listens to the few people brave enough to preach it—and send them into exile instead.
Posing as traders and healers, Gar and Alea team up with the Fairies, the Wee Folk, and two particularly courageous exiles to reintroduce the abandoned Druidic religious traditions to the people in an attempt to bring peace to all the clans.
But can anyone return peace and order to a world where constant clan warfare has been a way of life for generations?
About the author
Christopher Stasheff (1944 - 2018) was a teacher, thespian, techie, and author of science fiction & fantasy novels. One of the pioneers of "science fantasy," his career spaned four decades, 44 novels (including translations into Czech, German, Italian, Russian, and Japanese), 29 short stories, and seven 7 anthologies. His novels are famous for their humor (and bad puns), exploration of comparative political systems, and philosophical undertones.
He has always had difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality and has tried to compensate by teaching college. When teaching proved too real, he gave it up in favor of writing full time. He tends to pre-script his life, but can't understand why other people never get their lines right. This causes a fair amount of misunderstanding with his wife and four children. He writes novels because it's the only way he can be the director, the designer, and all the actors too.
Chris died in 2018 from Parkinson’s Disease. He will be remembered by his friends, family, fans, and students for his kind and gentle nature, his willingness to guide and mentor any who asked, and for his witty sense of humor. His terrible puns, however, will be forgotten as soon as humanly possible.
