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.