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    A Wizard and a Warlord: Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, #7
    A Wizard and a Warlord: Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, #7
    A Wizard and a Warlord: Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, #7
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    A Wizard and a Warlord: Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, #7

    By Christopher Stasheff

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    NO GOVERNMENT, NO PROBLEM . . . FOR THE INVADERS.

    During his last fight for peace and democracy on a forgotten planet, the interplanetary liberator Gar Pike somehow managed to get himself a new traveling companion: Alea, a young with a certain amount of psychic ability - and a heavy dose of attitude to boot.

    Now the ship feels like it's shrinking, and Alea's always around, asking questions, sticking her nose in, and tensions are rising. But when they finally land on their next target planet, it's... strange. There doesn't seem to be ANY government to overthrow, good or bad - yet life still seems to be orderly, peaceful, and happy.

    Until a forest outlaw builds an army and starts conquering villages, that is. With no government and no military, there's nothing and no one to stop him. The locals pray the mythical "Scarlet Company" will, but it's nowhere to be seen... and may not even exist.

    Can Magnus and Alea alone save these peaceful people from brutal conquest? One thing is clear: when a wizard and a warlord square off, you can expect the unexpected.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStasheff Literary Enterprises
    Release dateOct 19, 2022
    ISBN9780997158366
    A Wizard and a Warlord: Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, #7
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    Christopher Stasheff

    Christopher Stasheff was a teacher, thespian, techie, and author of science fiction & fantasy novels. One of the pioneers of "science fantasy," his career spaned four decades, 44 novels (including translations into Czech, German, Italian, Russian, and Japanese), 29 short stories, and seven 7 anthologies. His novels are famous for their humor (and bad puns), exploration of comparative political systems, and philosophical undertones. He has always had difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality and has tried to compensate by teaching college. When teaching proved too real, he gave it up in favor of writing full time. He tends to pre-script his life, but can't understand why other people never get their lines right. This causes a fair amount of misunderstanding with his wife and four children. He writes novels because it's the only way he can be the director, the designer, and all the actors too. Chris died in 2018 from Parkinson's Disease. He will be remembered by his friends, family, fans, and students for his kind and gentle nature, and for his witty sense of humor. His terrible puns, however, will be forgotten as soon as humanly possible.

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      Magnus and Alea land next on a planet that seems perfect. People are well fed and content. There are no tyrants. But Magnus just can't let it go. So they drop down with the intention of identifying what kind of government is present - since they can't see any signs of one from above. Again, Magnus is almost immediately jumped and forcibly conscripted into the "army" of a local warlord. He quickly escapes with Alea's help and then the two of them proceed to warn the natives about the warlord and wait to see what kind of governmental response manifests to address the problem.At the end, though, Magnus must admit that the planet doesn't need them and the system of checks and balances they've established is more than capable of dealing with the threats that they've encountered. That was an interesting twist - the first time that Magnus landed on a planet that didn't need him. Of course, you can't use that too often or you'd just have book after book of an unneeded/unwanted Superman with no Lex Luthor. Boring.

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