The
Mazes of Magic
By Jack
Massa
The
Lord of the Abyss is rising in Egypt. Can a reckless young Greek find the power
to stop him?
Imprisoned
in a slave yard, tormented by spells of madness, Korax the Greek struggles to
regain his memory.
Purchased
by the High Priest Harnouphis, he is given an Egyptian name, transported to a
temple on the Nile, put into service as a translator.
But
Harnouphis also has another plan: to tap the Greek's extraordinary talent as a
seer to advance his own dark ambitions.
As
his wits return, Korax forges a plan of his own: to learn enough of the mystic
arts to escape Egypt and return to his home island of Rhodes.
But
before he can act, he must perform a service for the Goddess Isis. Korax may be
gifted, but can he summon the power to overcome both his master and his
master's god?
A
novel of myth, magic, and adventure, set in the Age of the Seven Wonders of the
World.
Excerpt
He had died once. He knew that much for
certain.
He had wandered the shore of the River
Styx, but for some reason not crossed over. Instead, he had returned to the
mortal world—he knew not how or why.
Whole segments of his memory from that
time were lost, or else scattered in fragments that made no sense, sharp
fragments that cut at him like broken glass. His mind must have been damaged on
that journey back from the Underworld.
The heat was stifling. How long had he
been trapped in this cell with its dusty brick and searing black iron? He drank
the water they gave him, but seldom touched the food. Better to starve, he had
decided, than live a moment longer than he must in this place, this slave
yard.
How
had he become a slave?
Each effort to force himself to remember
brought dizziness and headache, his mind swirling down into whirlpools of
bewilderment and fear. Madness. He flailed like a drowning man, desperate to
remember who he was.
Now he stood at the tiny window, staring
through the black grate at the sun hovering on the horizon.
Helios,
Lord of the Sun. Patron deity of Rhodes.
Yes, he was a Greek, from the island of
Rhodes. Korax was his name, Korax son of Leontes. Those memories were clear
enough. He had grown up in a prosperous merchant family, studied at the finest
school in Rhodos, the island’s capital city. Like all male citizens of Rhodes,
he had spent his seventeenth summer at the oars of a galley, training to serve
in the navy. He had been brave, reckless, full of life, passionate about
theater and music. He sang and played the lyre.
Indeed, in one of his last memories he was
practicing to play at a festival. But something about that night was different.
As the dizziness welled in his brain, he fought to remember. He saw his fingers
attacking the strings, evoking music that was wild, exquisite, but not his own.
Divine
music.
Yes … Outlandish, fearful, yet he knew it
to be true.
That night, he was possessed by a god.
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Jack Massa
Jack Massa has studied writing and other
forms of magic for many years. He has published fantasy, science fiction,
poetry, and lots of technical nonfiction. In addition to the Conjurer of Rhodes books, Jack’s current
projects include The Abby Renshaw
Adventures (YA paranormal fantasy) and The
Glimnodd Cycle (epic fantasy featuring ice boats, witches, and pirates).
Jack lives in Florida, USA, with his wonderful wife and a pet orange tree named
Grover.
