Of Swords and Magic — Trip Ellington

As a wizard's apprentice, Mithris always seems to feel like a duck out of water. Clumsy, awkward, naïve, and frequently upsetting his mentor wizard, it's hard for Mithris to believe he'll ever become the great and powerful wielder of magic that he so wishes to be one day.

But everything changes for the young apprentice one day when vicious and foul creatures attack his master's tower, overwhelm his master, and drive Mithris out into exile in the wild woods outside. Alone and left to care for himself for the first time, Mithris has no choice but to rise from the bumbling apprentice he was before to the calling his master was leading him to.

Facing hunger and thirst, wild animals and the dangers of the woods, and in constant flight from the very beasts that had overwhelmed and destroyed his master, Mithris must find the strength and courage to become the very thing he never expected he could be. And he must do it in time to stop the monsters, to avenge his master's death and establish himself as a wizard worthy of respect.

OF SWORDS AND MAGIC is the first novella in the EVERMAGE series by bestselling author, TRIP ELLINGTON