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Wizard's Alley

By: James Haddock
Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski
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Scraps, a gutter child, is sitting in his hiding place in a back alley, waiting for the cold thunderstorm to pass. Suddenly, lightning strikes in front of him, and then a second time. The two lightning bolts become men — two wizards — one from the Red Order, the other from the Blue.

The Red Wizard, chanting his curses, throws lightning bolts and fireballs. The Blue Wizard, singing his spells, throws lightning bolts and ice shards. So intense is their fighting, they become lightning rods. It seemed as if God himself cast his lightning bolt, striking the ground between them and consuming both wizards in its white blaze. Scraps watched as the lightning bolt gouged its way across the alley, striking him.

Rain on his face awakens Scraps. The only thing left of the fighting wizards is a smoking crater and their scattered artifacts. He feels compelled to gather their possessions and hide them and himself. The dispersed items glowed red or blue, and he notices that he now has a magenta aura. Magenta, a combination of both red and blue, but more powerful than either.

Scraps then does what he has done all his life to survive. He hides. And unknowingly, he has become the catalyst for change in the Kingdom.

©2019 James A.Haddock III (P)2020 James A. Haddock III

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Oh so good!

You like magical kingdom building? This book has tons oh it. You like smart protagonists? MC is your guy.

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Great Story but rushed sequences

The story is honestly great. The downside is that the book has enough events to cover at least three books if it paced itself. There is talent in writing, but things need to slow down and grow.

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FAV FANTASY

One of my fav fantasy wizard stories.
Gives a lot to one's imagination, which I enjoy.
I'm sad though, waiting for the conclusion to this story to take shape and be released.
Guess the next part and ending are left to my imagination LOL!

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very good characters

it was a good start excellent start towards the middle it got a little omnipotent but by the end it had gotten back to the good you know style of the writer so I do believe it was written well the one little spot in the middle kind of can't do anything wrong but overall it was a good read or listen

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meh

The concept for the story was pretty good but the characters lack depth. good narrator tho.

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Loved thus book!

I absolutely loved this book! I was so sad when I realized part 2 wasn't available. 😢 I can not wait to get my hands on the next one!😁

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it goes quick

the story starts off like a race but when everything seems to be going right is when everything is set to go to shit. I felt the mc had an easy time but I knew there were lots of loose ends being left behind. I'm glad they came back in the end. this is only the beginning and I feel the next parts if they come will be more compelling.

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it was ok

I love the premise but I feel like I don't know the main character

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Hurry up and write the sequel already!

Felt a lot like the Dragon Mage books. Same kind of story which was cool and I love this narrator. I looked to see if there was a sequel but not yet.

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Absolutely fantastic

Some might say that the main character got too strong too fast but I really love this book and the storyline. And I really can’t wait for book 2 to come out

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