Robert Raids Hadrian’s Castle

By Larry Harrington

Robert was an outcast among the neighborhood kids and his classmates. Small for his age and dressed in second hand clothes that were too big for him, Robert stood out like a sore thumb. The boys laughed and bullied him. The girls laughed and called him names.

Robert tried sports to fit in, but he had no aptitude. He could neither bat a baseball nor catch it. He couldn't dribble a basketball and he could barely hit the backboard, not alone make a basket. Football was even more of a nightmare. Robert could neither throw the football nor catch it. As a linesman, the bigger boys knocked Robert down then laughed as they ran over him. Sports for Robert were a real farce.

Robert was thinking about running away from home when encountered a witch who sent him to the land of lost children.

In the land of lost children, Robert quickly learned the art of armed combat. A magic elf taught Robert magic spells and helped him learn to handle his magic powers.

Robert needs all of his armed combat and magic skills as he battles castle guards, magic apprentices, wild animals, and even the evil sorcerer himself.

Buy this book and join the adventure as Robert raids Hadrian's castle!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Black Panties Publishing
• Release date: Mar 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310470578

Larry Harrington

20 Years in the Air Force. 8 Years as a bar owner. 2 years telemarketing. 14 years as a security guard. I have a lot of stories to write. I have 40+ puzzle books and a couple of novels on Amazon. Here are some for Smashwords. Larry

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Robert

Raids

Hadrian’s Castle

Larry Harrington

Copyright © 2016 Larry Harrington

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ISBN: 9781310470578

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Description

Robert is a thirteen year old outcast at school and among the kids in his neighborhood. Too small to play sports and wearing second hand clothes, Robert is bullied and abused. Walking home one afternoon, Robert encounters a witch who sends him to the land of lost children. There Robert learns that his specialties are armed combat and magic. Come with Robert as he battles guards, magic apprentices, and the evil sorcerer of Hadrian’s castle.

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Chapter 1

Robert is lonely. He is thirteen years old and he is lonely because he has no friends in school. One reason he has no friends is because of his clothes. All of his clothes are hand-me-downs from other family relatives, family friends, or were purchased in second-hand stores. Like today, Robert is wearing a pair of red slacks. Really? Red? He also wears a white T-shirt, and a pair of brown oxfords, all of which are too big for him. His mother and father tell Robert that he will grow into them. But he never does.

All of the other boys in the school wear blue jeans, colored T-shirts with the names of bands and sports figures written on them, and tennis shoes.

Robert sticks out like a sore thumb at school. The boys at school either laugh at Robert or bully him or won't talk to him. The girls at school laugh at Robert and call him names.

The parents of the other school children pick up their children in cars and take them home where they do their homework on their laptop computers.

Neither Robert, nor his parents, have a computer at home so Robert has to stay after school and do his homework on a school library computer. Then, since his mother drives the family car to work in the evenings, Robert has to walk home. Today, Robert will have to run home in the rain.

Robert sighed. He couldn't concentrate on his homework. His situation was really bothering him today. At lunch he had taken his sack lunch and pop and went over to the corner table of the cafeteria where he always ate by himself. Today, one of his classmates, a pretty girl, was setting at the table. Robert walked over and set down. The girl told Robert, Get away from me, freak!, then got up, took her food, and walked over to a table of other girls.

It had really upset Robert. It had upset him, made him sad, mad, and depressed him. After all, Robert had not even said a word to the girl.

Robert began concentrating on his homework and soon had it done.

He walked out of the building and found that the rain had stopped. He began slowly walking home. He knew that he should run in case it should start raining, but what did he have to go home to?

Robert lived with his little sister and his parents in a small house in a poor neighborhood of the city. Robert knew that he shouldn't complain about his home or his circumstances because there were a lot of children that