ElvenSword, chapter 9

In which Fluin starts his training as a wizard, but nevertheless worries about his future.

Read it here.

Sword & sorcery

My novels ElvenSword, DemonThrong, AngelFire, and The Torc, as well as the short story in the upcoming issue of Wilde Oats, The Wolf, are examples of the genre 'sword & sorcery', referring to fantasies involving pseudo-medieval worlds where magic is real and our intrepid heroes bear swords instead of pistols. 

This image gives a whole new meaning to the phrase.