Five Magics

<p>Award-winning author Ron Collins brings you Five Magics a collection of sorcery and wonder that explores the human side of magic. Inside its pages you'll find:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A young sorcerer takes his father's place on a quest to help his king. What secrets will he find? Is blood thicker than water?  Find out in A Gathering of Bones which was provided a mention in Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling's Year's Best Fantasy & Horror.</p><p> </p><p>Chains or not a gladiator can live a fine enough life until it's no longer fashionable that he win. Ties That Bind pits today's champion against the next of the chosen.</p><p> </p><p>A centuries-old curse threatens a family and the entire race of dryads in The Family Tree recognized with a Cauldron award by readers of Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine.</p><p> </p><p>True Power is attainable for one willing to risk everything. But is it worth the price?</p><p> </p><p>The Time of Leaving finds an apprentice given an unexpected test. Will he pass? And perhaps more important what's the question?</p>