JOURNEYS OF MASTER WIZARD FARANGU (IV) is the last of the series of Modern African Fiction for Adults and Children about the vast Continent of Africa. These are tales and legends of Master Wizard Farangu who undertook the damned and thankless task of reforming wizardry, witchery and sorcery norms in the African Continent from essentially evil and destructive motives and outcomes - to good and constructive motives and outcomes. Master Wizard Farangu toured around the continent to right wrongs, establish due justice and turn these dark arts into advantageous scientific knowledge. Follow Master Wizard Farangu and his Conclave of benevolent wizards, witches, sorcerers, sorceresses and magicians and enjoy and appreciate his authority and candidness.

It will take everything they've learned to stop the rise of evil.The last dragon's egg is discovered in the treasury of Veldwaite, launching Lorit and Chihon into a battle with the Temple Priests. They rescue a young Wizard and enlist his help in the fight to stop the Temple from harnessing the power of the last dragon. Now they're the masters, training him.They've come a long way since the farm. Fought many battles. But will it be enough to save the dragons from the clutches of the Temple in their last effort to ensnare the world in darkness?Experience the epic and magic-fueled conclusion of the Master to Apprentice Series.

For over a hundred years the priests of Ran have been killing young wizards to take their power. When the Wizard's power comes awake in Lorit he is targeted for special attention by the Temple. Lorit must learn to master his magic in time to save the sister he infused with his own power. Can he find a way to overcome the Priest's stolen magic without resorting to their own tactics? When Lorit meets the Sorceress Chihon, everything changes. Follow along with Lorit as he battles the Evil Priests to make the land safe for magicians everywhere.

Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, and many more join this magical brew [that] will enchant young adult readers and their elders as well. (Publishers Weekly) In Wizards, today's master fantasists turn their hands to tales of these magical beings, living in both ancient and modern times, as well as in fantasy realms that never were. Featuring stories by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer and Garth Nix as well as tales from Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Orson Scott Card, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Nancy Kress, Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Rosenblum, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen.

In the years following World War II Americans in every city in the United States enjoyed bowling. Men and women bowled in separate leagues or together. In bowling's early days, pin boys risked the dangers of flying wood to set pins from afternoons through early mornings, often in seedy surroundings. When pinspotters replaced the pin boys, national advertising campaigns changed the sport's image. Huge bowling lanes welcomed people of all social levels. Bowling boomed. Hidden Agendas is set in the 1980's, a time when bowling's popularity was universal. The story focuses on a young New York man hired to participate in an Arizona bowling match with a $20 million dollar jackpot. Edward Vincent Karol has worked his way to the top of two professions. Smart enough to realize the people bankrolling his opponent might want him removed, he vanishes from his usual haunts. Yet, two dominant needs remain. One is regular practice, and the other, a way to get to Arizona unharmed. His challenges are complicated by his mother's incessant demand for a grandchild, and a meeting with a young woman whose physical and mental health verge on total disaster. He'd like to help her. Doing so would mean added tension throughout the most difficult month of his career.

Ryan Stone is different than the other teenagers at his school- he can use magic! But it's too powerful for Ryan to control. Whenever he uses it, he almost destroys himself and everything else around him. Shortly after using his magic power during a fight at school, a wizard named Nilrem arrives at his house and tells him that it's his destiny to become the prophesied destroyer of evil and free the magical land of Avalon from the hordes of dark creatures that terrorize the land. Ryan's thrill-seeking friend, John Oleson, hears of the exciting adventure and decides he's going along, too. Armed with a sawed-off shotgun, a .45 handgun and plenty of hand grenades, he's determined not to let his friend hog all the fun. They travel through the Wizard's magical cloak of stars to the amazing new land. But once they arrive in Avalon they find themselves in very real danger as evil creatures hunt them from all over the land. Can Ryan learn how to control the raging magic power inside of himself before the two of them are caught eaten alive? The very fate of Avalon now rests in his hands.

Merlin the wizard challenges readers to become wizards like himself by deciphering clues hidden in his guide to wizardry.