title: Trail of the Torean (Saga of the God-Touched Mage) (Volume 2)
author:  Ron Collins 
description: Ron Collins is an award-winning author who lives in Columbus, Indiana, with his wife, Lisa. Trail of the Torean is the second volume in the eight-part Saga of the God-Touched Mage. He published Five Magics, a collection of his short fantasy, in 2012. Five Magics includes two tales from Dragon Magazine, a Marion Zimmer Bradleys FANTASY MAGAZINE Cauldron Award winning story, and another tale that was awarded Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windings Years Best Fantasy. Ron is the author of two road trip, alternate-history, fantasy, science fiction baseball novels, the first being See the PEBA on $25 a Day (2010), and the sequel being Chasing the Setting Sun (2014). He has contributed numerous short stories to professional science fiction publications including Analog, Asimov's, and Nature. His writing has received a Writers of the Future prize, and a CompuServe HOMer Award. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and worked developing avionics systems, electronics, and information technology before spending a decade in Human Resource management.
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  ## Stranded Mage
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Title Page](Stranded_Mage_split_001.html#filepos1646)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I](Stranded_Mage_split_002.html#filepos3658)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II](Stranded_Mage_split_003.html#filepos33189)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III](Stranded_Mage_split_004.html#filepos60415)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV](Stranded_Mage_split_005.html#filepos80266)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V](Stranded_Mage_split_006.html#filepos106543)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI](Stranded_Mage_split_007.html#filepos136264)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII](Stranded_Mage_split_008.html#filepos151887)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII](Stranded_Mage_split_009.html#filepos171768)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX](Stranded_Mage_split_010.html#filepos200607)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X](Stranded_Mage_split_011.html#filepos220777)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI](Stranded_Mage_split_012.html#filepos242179)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII](Stranded_Mage_split_013.html#filepos265294)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII](Stranded_Mage_split_014.html#filepos286322)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIV](Stranded_Mage_split_015.html#filepos307051)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XV](Stranded_Mage_split_016.html#fil