The time of danger is at hand. Mervyn, wizard and Fluxlord, leader of the Nine Who Guard, faces the ultimate threat of the opposing Seven Who Wait: the opening of the Hellgates of the World. Closed more than two thousand years ago, they are portals to unknowable danger and, perhaps, great power. ...
Thank you, gentle reader, for your kind words. It gives me great solace to know, as I force myself through this dreary chore, that in some small way I am serving my fellow man. Or woman. Or artificial intelligence. Or exceptionally literate chimpanzee.