To The Magic Born Author:Christopher Stasheff Book Club Edition 2-1 Book: — Escape Velocity & The Warlock in Spite of Himself — Book Jacket Description: — Escape Velocity: It all began with a plot against the democratic government of Wolmar-and the fact that the conservation LORDS considered Dar Mandra and Samantha Bine dire threats the the scheme. Setting out from Wolmar for Terra, the two un... more »expectedly encountered a host of enemies: space pirates, underworld crooks, and cops who believed them to be dangerous telepaths. Fortunately, though, Dar and Sam met a few friends as well, including Father Marco Ricci of the Cathodean Order of priest/engineers, a stunning computer wiz named Lona, and Horation Bocello, a very rich man with a passion for all things medieval...and a dream of creating a technology-free society on a frontier world...
The Warlock in Spite of Himself: In a high-tech universe, the planet was anomaly-a throwback to Terra's Middle Ages. but the most amazing thing about the long lost colony, as SCENT agent Rodney D'Armand discovered, was it abounded with witches, elves and such. And naturally, knowing nothing of technology, they decided that Rod-with his unique "magic" and strange metal horse-was a most powerful warlock. It did him no good to deny it.« less