Sorcerous Mount — James Turbett

A novella set in the World of Schemes and Sorcery. Dzwache Kojo is a colonist in a tropical colony land that is a colony of a larger industrialized country. He is a member of his colony's militia and joined with the hope of defending his homeland in these changing times. His hope is tested when the occupying forces deny him most rights. Just as Dzwache is about to give up hope, a sorcerer offers him a chance to take matters into his own hands in the form of a vicious mount bred for combat. Said mount is a ferocious wyvern of sorcerous breeding. What results is a pairing of man and beast that could change the status of Dzwache and that of his colony.