title: Counterspell: Guardian of the Ruins (Counterspell Chronicle, volume 1)
author:  Robert C.A. Goff 
description: "This is a wonderfully imaginative fantasy with a clearly defined mythical world. ...exceptionally well done." -- <i>Writer's Digest Book Competition, April 2005</i><br /><br />...father-son collaboration merges a maturity of philosophical depth with the fresh, speculative freedom of youth...wild epic fantasy -- <i>Syndetics.com</i><br /><br />This father-and-son writing team has created an engaging series opener...a vividly realized world. For most fantasy collections. -- <i>Jackie Cassada, Library Journal, February 15, 2005</i>
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  # Vandemark's Folly
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Herbert Quick
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
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  INTRODUCTION.
  
  
  
  
  
  VANDEMARK'S FOLLY
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. A FLAT DUTCH TURNIP BEGINS ITS CAREER
  
  
  
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. I LEARN AND DO SOME TEACHING
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. I SEE THE WORLD, AND SUFFER A GREAT
  
  
  LOSS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. I BECOME A SAILOR, AND FIND A CLUE
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. THE END OF A LONG QUEST
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. I BECOME COW VANDEMARK
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURE ON THE OLD RIDGE ROAD
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING
  
  
  ADDITION
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX. THE GROVE OF DESTINY
  
  
    
  CHAPTER X. THE GROVE OF DESTINY DOES ITS WORK
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XI. IN DEFENSE OF THE PROPRIETIES
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XII. HELL SLEW, ALIAS VANDEMARK'S FOLLY
  
  
  
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIII. THE PLOW WEDS THE SOD
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIV. I BECOME A BANDIT AND A TERROR
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XV. I SAVE A TREASURE, AND START A FEUD
  
  
  
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVI. THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT 