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    Observer of the Arcane
    Observer of the Arcane
    Observer of the Arcane
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    Observer of the Arcane

    By Alexandra A. Cheshire

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    The boy who would later call himself an 'Arcanist' as he learns his craft and meets his mentors... And a dragon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHowling Wolf Books
    Release dateNov 20, 2015
    ISBN9781987822229
    Observer of the Arcane
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    Alexandra A. Cheshire

    Alexandra. A. 'Lexa' Cheshire lives in northern British Columbia, Canada. She is a mother who enjoys to read and write fantasy and science fiction.

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      Observer of the Arcane - Alexandra A. Cheshire

      Observer of the Arcane

      Alexandra A. Cheshire

      Published by Howling Wolf Books at Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 Alexandra A. Cheshire

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All characters, events and places in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual people or places past or present is strictly coincidental.

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      Observer of the Arcane

      About Alexandra A. Cheshire

      Observer of the Arcane

      The frog started it all. Well, I guess really it was the attention I paid it. The frog was just going about its froggy way, hopping along the edge of the marsh and catching small insects with its tongue. As frogs go, it wasn't especially remarkable. Simply greenish grey and slimy with big eyes and a long sticky tongue. I huddled down in between bushes and watched it for I don't know how long. Watching the frog was far more entertaining than watching my mother's uncle sleep off the latest bottle of booze.

      I was newly orphaned, my parents having died of an illness sweeping our home community. Of nearly a thousand people, less than a third survived. Most of us were children and sent to whatever living relatives we had elsewhere by the few remaining adults. So I was shipped off to mother's uncle, the town drunk of a settlement a quarter the size of my home.

      Rumour has it mother's uncle was once a well known and well liked blacksmith. I have no idea what happened to him, but now he's a well known and widely feared old drunk with a fearsome temper and a tendancy to throw large and heavy objects at anything he doesn't like. Primarily me.

      Worse, because of his reputation, no one else in the settlement will make any attempt to help me. I'm left scurrying to try and meet all his demands when he's awake. And to my own devices when he isn't. But I don't dare hang around the village or with the village boys. I don't even get to go to school with

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