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Simon Hawke - The Wizard of Camelot.htmTHE WIZARD OF CAMELOT
Copyright ┬й 1993 by Simon Hawke All rights reserved.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Malory was born and educated in London, served as a decorated career
soldier in the army, participating in most of the Internal Pacification
Campaigns during the Collapse, and retired with the rank of sergeant-major.
Upon
retirement, he joined New Scotland Yard's elite London Urban Assault
Division,
since disbanded. He left the police force to work with Merlin Ambrosius in
founding the International Center for Thaumaturgical Studies, which
eventually
grew into the International Thaumaturgical Commission, and he still holds an
honorary seat on its board.

Though he never became an adept himself, he is widely regarded as the
co-founder
of the Second Thaumaturgic Age, and played a key role in developing the
administrative programs of the I.T.C., chairing its first regulatory
committee
and presiding over its first adept certification programs. Best known as
Merlin's closest friend and trusted advisor, Malory is regarded as the
leading
authority on Professor Ambrosius, and is currently engaged in writing the
definitive work on his life, Merlin, The Man Behind The Myth. He lives with
his
wife, Jenny, and his thaumagene familiar, Victor, in Geneva, Switzerland.

CHAPTER 1

My name is Thomas Malory, and I was there when magic came back into the world.
I
was there right from the very start, when the Second Thaumaturgic Age began.
It
began with one, single, desperate act born of fury and frustration. It began
with one blow of an axe. And that axe was mine.

For most of my adult life up to that time, I had served in the armed forces
of
His Majesty, and I had retired with the rank of sergeant-major in the
infantry.
I had lived the simple life of a soldier. It was often a hard life, but these
days I find myself wishing I could return, if not to the type of life I led
then, at least to the obscurity that I enjoyed. I've gained the status of
celebrity in my advanced years, however reluctantly, and fame is truly
something