The follow-up to the well-loved Death's Collector series. Bib the sorcerer finds that the final chapter of his life hasn't been written, and hardly anybody is happy to see him return. His homecoming is complicated by an incursion of dragons. Some of them want to eat him. Other want to make him a slave. Yet others want to treat him like a father - and then maybe eat him.
This product is the paperback version of books 1 and 2 of the "Sorcerer of Bad Examples" series, which will be 5 books long when completed. Book 3, Small Town Dragon, is scheduled for release later in 2024.
He’s singlehandedly fighting an army to defend a kingdom filled with ungrateful idiots. Can he stop his legacy from going up in flames?
Bib the sorcerer is done saving the world. After volunteering to guard his realm’s vulnerable backdoor by remaining in exile for the last seventy years, the snarky sword master has no interest in bailing the next generation out of their catastrophic war. But when his late wife’s step-grandkids show up begging for help, his initial refusal turns to vengeance when one of the youngsters is killed by an assassin.
Grimly determined to balance the bloody scales, Bib returns to his former home to be greeted with unfamiliar sights and a mocking populace. But in his eagerness to be victorious so he can give them the finger and stalk into the sunset, the famous magic-wielder seriously underestimates a deadly foe.
Will his arrogance get him spit-roasted by his new master?
The Dragon’s Manservant is the sarcasm-stuffed first book in the Sorcerer of Bad Examples humorous fantasy series. If you like heroes who can’t catch a break, novel twists, and fast-paced action, then you’ll love Bill McCurry’s laugh-out-loud adventure.
Buy The Dragon’s Manservant to serve up terror on a silver platter today!
Book 2 - Dragons at That Awkward Age
A reluctant, aging assassin. An angry dragon hitting puberty. A realm about to go up in flames…
Bib the sorcerer fears his marriage is on the rocks. But while the cynical forty-something and his wife attempt to restore her magically erased memories, a powerful magician enspells him with a command to kill a king. And while he wracks his brain for a loophole to avoid committing regicide, a ravenous teenage dragon shows up demanding answers.
Using the flame-throwing beast to prop up his waning physical prowess, Bib reluctantly slays the local ruler… and then hunts down the man who forced him into the deed. But traveling across the land with an acne-ridden sidekick has his past life flashing before his eyes in a worrying stream of questionably selfish decisions.
Will Bib rewrite the ending to his own story before chaos sets the world on fire?
Dragons At That Awkward Age is the snappy second book in the Sorcerer of Bad Examples humorous fantasy series. If you like ridiculous misadventures, fast-paced action, and blazing snark, then you’ll love Bill McCurry’s sharp-toothed take on adolescence.
Buy Dragons At That Awkward Age to parent a deadly little monster today!
Reader Reviews:
"Once again the author spins a fantastical plot line, full of both humor and angst." -Helen S.
"If you are looking for a series with fantastic repartee among the characters, with unexpected twist and turns, with epic fight scenes and heroes and villains with deep backstories, then this is the series for you." A.C.
