title: A Wizard In Mind: The First Chronicle of Magnus D'Armand, Rogue Wizard (Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard)
author:  Christopher Stasheff 
description: <div>"Stasheff has a knack for crafting a lighthearted, action-filled tale."--<i>Library Journal</i><br><br>"Stasheff's pacing is brisk, his historical literacy high,and his wit abundant and dry as ever...Bodes well for further Magnus adventures."-<i>-Booklist </i><br></div>
zlib_text: A Wizard In Bedlam
  The Second Chronicle of Magnus D'Armand, Rogue Wizard
  By Christophr Stasheff
  ISBN: 0-812-53647-9
  CHAPTER 1
  Engines bellowed, and the stubby cargo boat wallowed up out of the blastpit. It
  hesitated for a moment, feeling for balance, then shot up into the sky, roaring like
  an angry aurochs.
  It cleared atmosphere and slewed into orbit, chasing the great globe of the
  mother ship down the ellipse.
  In the control blister, the pilot slapped his board to automatic 'and looked up at
  Domigny. "Secure for coasting, Captain-reeling down the umbilicus. About half
  an hour till we head back into the womb."
  Domigny winced. "I've heard of extended metaphors, Lieutenant, but you
  stretched that one so far that it snapped back."
  "Really, sir?" The navigator looked up in feigned surprise. "I was about to
  compliment him on his knack for colorful language." He was blackhaired and
  lean, with a look of wiry strength to him-almost the pilot's double. Not as close as
  twins, closer than brother