A Quest of Heroes (Book #1 in the Sorcerer's Ring)

a huge
portion of venison before Thor, along with a drinking goblet.
    But Thor just sat there, staring
at his food He felt his whole life dissolving around him. He didn’t know what
to do.
    He could still think of nothing
but his dream. It was like being in a waking nightmare, sitting there, watching
everyone drink and feast around him. All he could do was watch all the drinks,
all the goblets, heading for the King. He watched closely every server, every
goblet of wine. Every time the King drank, Thor flinched.
    But Thor was obsessed. He could
not look away. He watched and watched for what felt like hours.
    Finally, Thor spotted one
particular servant who approached the king with a goblet unlike the others. It
was large, made of a very distinct gold, covered in rows of rubies and
sapphires.
    It was the exact goblet from
Thor’s dream.
    Thor, his heart pounding in his
chest, watched with horror as the servant came closer to the king. When he was
just feet away, Thor could stand it no longer. Every ounce of his body screamed
this was the poisoned goblet.
    Thor leapt from his table, shoved
his way through the thick crowd, roughly elbowing everyone in his way.
    Just as the King took the goblet
into his hands, Thor leapt up onto his table, reached out, and slapped the
goblet from the king’s hands.
    A horrified gasp filled the
entire hall as the goblet flew from the king’s hands and landed on the stone
with a hard clink.
    The entire hall went dead silent.
Every musician, every juggler, stopped. Hundreds of men and women all turned
and stared.
    The king slowly stood, and
glowered down at Thor.
    “How dare you!” shrieked the
King. “You insolent little boy!” he screamed. “I will put you in the stocks for
this!”
    Thor stood there, horrified. He
felt the entire world crashing down on him. He just wanted to disappear.
    Suddenly, a hound walked over to
the puddle of wine now forming on the floor, and lapped it up. Before Thor
could respond, before the room could move again, all eyes went to the hound,
who started making awful, horrible noises.
    A moment later, the hound froze
up, and fell on its side, dead. The entire room looked at the dog with a
horrified gasp.
    “You knew the drink was poison!”
yelled a voice.
    Thor turned and saw the Prince
Gareth, standing there, coming up beside the king, pointing accusingly at Thor.
    “How could you have possibly have
known it was poisoned? Unless you are the one who did it! Thor tried to poison
the king!” Gareth yelled out.
    The entire crowd cheered in
outrage.
    “Take him to the dungeon,” the
king commanded.
    A moment later, Thor felt guards
grabbing him hard from behind, dragging him through the hall. He squirmed, and
tried to protest.
    “No!” he screamed out. “You don’t
understand!”
    But no one listened. He was
dragged through the crowd, fast and quick, and as he went, he watched them all
disappear from him, his whole life disappear from him. They crossed the hall
and out a side door, a door slamming shut behind them.
    It was quiet here. A moment
later, Thor felt himself descending. He was being pulled by several hands down
a winding stone staircase. It grew darker and darker, and soon he could hear
the cries of prisoners.
    An iron cell door opened, and he
realized where he was being taken. The dungeon.
    He squirmed, trying to protest,
to break free.
    “You don’t understand!” he
yelled.
    Thor looked up and saw a guard
step forward, a large, crude man with an unshaven face, and yellow teeth.
    He scowled down at Thor.
    “Oh, I understand very well,”
came his raspy voice.
    He pulled back his arm, and the
last thing Thor saw was his fist, coming down right for his face.
    Then his world was blackness.
     

NOW AVAILABLE!
    A
MARCH OF KINGS
(Book
#2 in the Sorcerer’s Ring)
     

     
    “A
breathtaking new epic fantasy series. Morgan Rice does it again! This magical
saga reminds me of the best of J.K. Rowling, George R.R. Martin, Rick Riordan,
Christopher Paolini and J.R.R. Tolkien. I couldn’t put it down!”
    --Allegra
Skye, Bestselling author of SAVED
     
    A MARCH
OF KINGS takes us one step further on Thor’s epic journey into manhood, as he
begins to realize more about who he is, what his powers are, and as he embarks
to become a warrior.
     
    After he
escapes from the dungeon, Thor is horrified to learn of another assassination
attempt on King MacGil. When MacGil dies, the kingdom is set into turmoil. As
everyone vies for the throne, King’s