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Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Witches, Wizards and Golems
Review By Linda Wood

Witchcanery
Author: Sandra Bell Kirchman (FantasyFic.com, 2007)

"...it might be that love is the key." - Harth Lessnon - Wizard Enforcer

Shelley Kesinkowsky, journeyman witch, is feeling despondent on the 100th year anniversary of the death of her adopted son, Brad, when she is contacted by the Witches' Sabben in Salem, Massachusetts. Before she can respond, she is summoned via email before the Grand Council of Wizards. Should she accept her assignment working undercover for the Montana Clear Sky Project, or partner with handsome wizard, Jason Trydellian, her nemesis from the past?

Grand Wizard, Willodell Faughtonevre, requests her help in battling a vast army led by the evil Gulgadin and masterminded by a mysterious beauty. Shelley, Jason and his familiar, a "hyacinthine macaw named Byching, are translocated to their base of operations in Montana, with instructions to build a special golem. The four of them are required to infiltrate the ranks of the Earth Legionnaires inside the labyrinthian tunnel world that lies just below the Earth's surface.

Can Shelley overcome her mistrust of Jason long enough to combine magical powers and defeat the subterranean army gathering to wipe out Minneapolis or will her stubbornness win out? What's a witch to do? Thank goodness for her trusty 'everfly besom' broom.

Even the technology from the wizard homeworld, Ellystra, may not be enough to destroy the advancing horde. Will Shelley and Jason be able to stop the onslaught? Can they trust a gentle giant named Blue Eyes? Shelley and Jason have a few tricks up their sleeves if they can only learn to work together!

They may have no choice but to perform a spell so powerful that it might not only destroy themselves but the planet as well. Check every stereotype you've ever thought about fantasy at the door. You are in for a thrill-ride even if you don't fly a besom. Welcome to a world of witchcraft, lore and technology, of which we mortals are blissfully unaware.

Former radio personality, Sandra Bell Kirchman, wrote her fantasy book, Witchcanery, as an entry in the annual NaNoWriMo Project (National Novel-Writing Month) in 28 days during the month of November, 2002. Kirchman learned the ropes, played by the rules, then broke all of them. She has blurred the lines of genre, lending the authenticity of a historical novel to fantasy to bring readers a whole new hybrid form. Kirchman makes her home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


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Linda Wood is an independent journalist and book reviewer.
(http://spaces.msn.com/gypsyscreativegetaway/PersonalSpace.aspx)