The Wizard's Eye: Hallow's Heart, Book II

by D. Alexander Neill

Having discovered a plot to unearth an ancient relic and turn it to fell purposes, Trinka Walker, healer of Holy Vara and exiled Knight of the Gray, sets a course for Shriveneye in a desperate attempt to be the first to obtain an ancient manuscript from a wizard of terrible reputation. Tormented by the need to atone for her misdeeds, accompanied by her newfound companion Alalosheen, and joined by comrades and foes both old and new along the way, Trinka - if she is to win through to the prize, and uncover the secret of the Eye - must negotiate the innumerable hazards of a foreign land; the political machinations of rival factions of cut-throats and wastrels; the arcane power and alien purpose of a cabal of magi that spans the multiverse; and the ruined and often treacherous landscape of her own heart.

762 pages, Paperback

Published July 3, 2017

About the author

D. Alexander Neill is the nom-de-plume of Donald A. Neill. A retired Army officer and strategic analyst, Don is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada (D.E.C. 1986 and BA 1989), the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (MA 1991), and the University of Kent at Canterbury (Ph.D. 2006). He began writing fiction as a creative outlet in Grade 6, managing to overcome devastating reviews of his first novel, which he wrote in 2H pencil in seven taped-together college-ruled notebooks. He initially chose the fantasy genre because he was sucked into it at the age of 11 by the irresistible double sucker-punch of The Hobbit and Star Wars, never managed to escape, and eventually gave up trying. He intends to branch out into other fictional fields of endeavour, but will always return to Anuru, where – Allfather willing – there will always be at least one more story waiting to be told.

Don has been married for 20 years to a Valkyrie, and has two children, both of whom resemble her in temperament and, fortunately, looks.