WHATS A WIZARD WITHOUT MAGIC?
Having broken his vow never to use a weapon, Randal has been allowed to graduate from the School of Wizardry on one condition: that he not use his magic before he’s pardoned by the master wizard, Balpesh. On the way to Balpesh’s tower, Randal meets his cousin Walter and agrees to act as his squire. Then Walter is badly wounded in a tournament, and without his magic Randal is unable to help. Only Balpesh can save Walter’s life but the cousins soon discover that Balpesh himself is in grave danger. Unless Randal can save the wizard, Walter will die, and Randal’s own magic will be lost forever! Cover painting by Judith Mitchell Randal must choose the real wizard . . . The wizard’s workroom glowed with an eerie blue light. The illumination came from two overlapping magic circles, laid out on the workroom floor like a pair of linked rings. In the center of each circle stood a wizard. “Help me!” called the wizard in the circle to Randal’s left a tall, gray-bearded man in ceremonial robes of b
