The Tower in the Mist (2013)
In The Tower in the Mist, we meet a thousand-year-old wizard named Geezer. Geezer has created a haven deep in the woods near a town called Esher, England on the planet Tresteria. His tower is in the center of a garden that grows year round in a climate controlled environment. He chose this spot due to its proximity to a portal – the gateway to Earth.
One day while Geezer is returning from a visit to Earth, he is seen by a woman named Margaret who has journeyed to Tresteria from her dying home planet, Pyrll, in search of a place suitable for colonization. Her team is lost – murdered by natives of Tresteria – and she is the sole survivor. She is confused by her attraction to the ancient wizard, who doesn’t look a day over thirty, and is unable to put him out of her mind. She seeks him until she finds him near the portal again and follows him home.
Aware of her presence, he invites her into his tower for tea, and they soon develop a harmonious relationship. Their friendship, however, is threatened by a man named Mace, a usurper to the throne of Tresterian England. He was once Geezer’s apprentice, but chose to follow a different path. His ambition has placed a wedge between him and his former master, but when Margaret meets him, she is so overwhelmed by an attraction to him that she is forced to make a choice between the two men she loves. Will she choose the wizard or the king?
The Tower in the Mist is an historical, medieval fantasy set in tenth century Tresterian England.
One day while Geezer is returning from a visit to Earth, he is seen by a woman named Margaret who has journeyed to Tresteria from her dying home planet, Pyrll, in search of a place suitable for colonization. Her team is lost – murdered by natives of Tresteria – and she is the sole survivor. She is confused by her attraction to the ancient wizard, who doesn’t look a day over thirty, and is unable to put him out of her mind. She seeks him until she finds him near the portal again and follows him home.
Aware of her presence, he invites her into his tower for tea, and they soon develop a harmonious relationship. Their friendship, however, is threatened by a man named Mace, a usurper to the throne of Tresterian England. He was once Geezer’s apprentice, but chose to follow a different path. His ambition has placed a wedge between him and his former master, but when Margaret meets him, she is so overwhelmed by an attraction to him that she is forced to make a choice between the two men she loves. Will she choose the wizard or the king?
The Tower in the Mist is an historical, medieval fantasy set in tenth century Tresterian England.
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Praise for the Work
"I like this story a great deal -- and I usually loathe "diary" stories. The
author managed to draw me into the story early, though, and I liked the idea of
fourth "Earths" and how they essentially worked together and "overlapped." This
is really well written and clean, and even though I couldn't identify with the
heroine or her motivations, I liked reading her story. I think this could have
been a great sci-fi series. There is a lot to explore here and I want to know
more about the history of the four worlds, how the portals came to be, how
things happen in one world and yet don't affect the other worlds, etc. The
romantic melodrama -- while interesting -- was not the best part of the book for
me. The best part of the book was the possibilities that it represented. I think
the author should extend this world -- tell more stories from it -- and this
time embrace the science fiction nature of the setup. That's what I'm most
interested in. Despite the fact that I don't like "diary" stories because it's
ridiculous to think that a character would write word-for-word dialogue in a
diary, I have to say that I didn't notice the diary format after awhile. That's
a testament to the author. She's written some good stuff here."
A. Lee on Amazon
