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The Last Wizard: Case Files
The youngest wizard to join the Mage High Council, crude and unspoken beyond his years, we venture through the eyes of the last surviving wizard in a world recovering decades after The Great War which gave The Church and their Crusaders power over Europe.
This fast paced narrative will follow the steps of a wizard concealing his identity while solving crimes in Old Victorian London, until a ghost from his past returns determined to bring an end to the Church and its establishment through any means.
This novel is made up of the Shorts: The Master, and The Apprentice of The Last Wizard Series. And it also includes a bonus third short, Winter Wonderland.
This fast paced narrative will follow the steps of a wizard concealing his identity while solving crimes in Old Victorian London, until a ghost from his past returns determined to bring an end to the Church and its establishment through any means.
This novel is made up of the Shorts: The Master, and The Apprentice of The Last Wizard Series. And it also includes a bonus third short, Winter Wonderland.
122 pages, ebook
Published December 31, 2015
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April 17, 2016
Imaginative Stories ... Writing Would be Great After Editing.
Some wonderfully imaginative and irreverent stories are collected in The Last Wizard: Case Files: Prologue. As you can see from the title, the book needs a good, stiff editing session to bring out the stellar qualities of Brown's writing.
Set in a Victorian England you won't recognize, Balan, the last surviving Wizard of a Church Crusade War, keeps under the radar as a private investigator. His Egyptian aide, Jinn, does most of the research, surveillance and heavy lifting when these two antisocial powerhouses secretly use magic to solve missing persons cases. Both men are foul-mouthed, anger management failures with an eye for the ladies, a taste for risky business, a wonky moral compass, yet a deep seated urge to do the right thing. To make things worse, Jinn's crushing on Sonia, who is the daughter of the head of the Church Crusade. Balan has something going on with a pagan gypsy witch on the side. Balan and Jinn have secrets so devastating, they could each destroy the world if either one has a really bad day. What more could you ask outta life?
The stories detail:
. Balan and Jinn PI on the case of the missing children
. Winter Wonderland - a separate takeoff on Carroll ... best ever!
. A history of Jinn and Fatima, how Jinn got to London
. A year later, Jinn in London dealing with Old World challenges
I really enjoyed the Balan and Jinn stories. I want a novel. This gentleman's website seems to indicate Cloak and Dagger is coming in the near future, I would be happy to take an early look, if you haven't arranged the services of a professional editor. Either way, I will read it.
If this had been edited, I would be debating a 4 to 4.5 star review. As it sits with homophones, incorrect punctuation, extra words, wrong vocab, mixed metaphors, etc., it needs a big red pencil. I did like exhumed rather than exuded. It gave me a chuckle. I am no expert, but I know people who can help.
Highly Recommended for those with see through to the story... Well worth the time and effort.
Some wonderfully imaginative and irreverent stories are collected in The Last Wizard: Case Files: Prologue. As you can see from the title, the book needs a good, stiff editing session to bring out the stellar qualities of Brown's writing.
Set in a Victorian England you won't recognize, Balan, the last surviving Wizard of a Church Crusade War, keeps under the radar as a private investigator. His Egyptian aide, Jinn, does most of the research, surveillance and heavy lifting when these two antisocial powerhouses secretly use magic to solve missing persons cases. Both men are foul-mouthed, anger management failures with an eye for the ladies, a taste for risky business, a wonky moral compass, yet a deep seated urge to do the right thing. To make things worse, Jinn's crushing on Sonia, who is the daughter of the head of the Church Crusade. Balan has something going on with a pagan gypsy witch on the side. Balan and Jinn have secrets so devastating, they could each destroy the world if either one has a really bad day. What more could you ask outta life?
The stories detail:
. Balan and Jinn PI on the case of the missing children
. Winter Wonderland - a separate takeoff on Carroll ... best ever!
. A history of Jinn and Fatima, how Jinn got to London
. A year later, Jinn in London dealing with Old World challenges
I really enjoyed the Balan and Jinn stories. I want a novel. This gentleman's website seems to indicate Cloak and Dagger is coming in the near future, I would be happy to take an early look, if you haven't arranged the services of a professional editor. Either way, I will read it.
If this had been edited, I would be debating a 4 to 4.5 star review. As it sits with homophones, incorrect punctuation, extra words, wrong vocab, mixed metaphors, etc., it needs a big red pencil. I did like exhumed rather than exuded. It gave me a chuckle. I am no expert, but I know people who can help.
Highly Recommended for those with see through to the story... Well worth the time and effort.
January 31, 2016
The Last Wizard: Case Files is an absolutely fun, gritty read! In this collection of three independent stories you’ll follow an elder wizard, Balan, as he and his apprentice, Jinn, do battle with an unknown wizard. At times Balan can be crude and definitely not P.C., which I loved, I’m a fan of dark humor. There’s plenty of action and imagination to keep the reader’s attention all the way through, and the story line is fast-paced and gripping.
Allen Brown did a fantastic job bring the settings of these stories to life for the reader and at times I felt I was actually there with his characters. In Allen’s third story “The Apprentice” which focuses on Jinn, you’re catapulted from Europe to Egypt, where Jinn has to sweat it out in the desert among the heat and waving palm trees and Pharos tombs. Allen Brown did a wonderful job describing the Egyptian setting for the reader; bring a very vivid picture into my mind.
As far as fantasy goes from an independent author, “The Last Wizard” is one of the better books I’ve ever come across in some time. Bringing a fantasy story across to the reader accurately can be a very tough thing to do with all the heightened imagination and Allen Brown knocked it out of the park! Highly recommend “The Last Wizard” you’ll be glad you picked it up. A++
Allen Brown did a fantastic job bring the settings of these stories to life for the reader and at times I felt I was actually there with his characters. In Allen’s third story “The Apprentice” which focuses on Jinn, you’re catapulted from Europe to Egypt, where Jinn has to sweat it out in the desert among the heat and waving palm trees and Pharos tombs. Allen Brown did a wonderful job describing the Egyptian setting for the reader; bring a very vivid picture into my mind.
As far as fantasy goes from an independent author, “The Last Wizard” is one of the better books I’ve ever come across in some time. Bringing a fantasy story across to the reader accurately can be a very tough thing to do with all the heightened imagination and Allen Brown knocked it out of the park! Highly recommend “The Last Wizard” you’ll be glad you picked it up. A++
January 25, 2016
This collection of stories got off to a rocky start for me. The first story has a lot of cursing in it and takes some time to get moving, but once I got further into the collection I found I really enjoyed it. The writing got better and cleaner and the stories picked up the pacing and became a lot more interesting. I think the concept is interesting and I like the internal dialogue from the wizard. It's sort of like the Dresden Files, and the author has a talent of setting up scenes and building unique situations. All in all, once I made it past the first story it turned into a rather nice collection!
Looking forward to reading more by this author in the future!
Looking forward to reading more by this author in the future!
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