title: Battle Mage: A tale of Alus
author:  Donald L Wigboldy Jr 
description: After getting hooked on comic books at an early age, I began creating and drawing my own stories. Loving the action of superheroes, led to reading classical mythology and then to modern fantasy writers. Originally having a goal to one day become a pencil or ink artist, the story began to draw my interest more and more. A dare from a friend led to my first novel of fantasy during my college years. Real life and regular jobs took over my days, but writing continued to be a passion for my nights. Going from writing in notebooks, soon I found my nights sitting behind the computer as one adventure after another took my fancy. Battle Mage will be the first published novel, though there is over a thousand years of stories created for the world of Alus that I hope to have added to the list for my future readers. There will also be a companion blog (www.TalesofAlus.blogspot.com) that will have more short stories and sneak peaks into the world of Alus, as well as new art to go with the stories.
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  Battle Mage Visions
  
  
  By
  
  
  Donald L. Wigboldy Jr.
  
  
  
  
  
  Copy Write April 2016
  
  
  
  
  
  For World Maps and More Go To:
  
  
  [https://www.facebook.com/BattleMageATaleOfAlus](https://www.facebook.com/BattleMageATaleOfAlus)
  
  
  
  
  
  Other books by Donald L. Wigboldy Jr.
  
  
  
  
  
  From the Tales of Alus series:
  
  
  The High King: A Tale of Alus
  
  
  The Emperor’s Shadow War
  
  
  Battle Mage: A Tale of Alus
  
  
  Battle Mage: Winter’s Edge
  
  
  Battle Mage: The Lost King
  
  
  Battle Mage: Dragon Mage
  
  
  Battle Mage: Dark Mage
  
  
  Battle Mage: A Hero’s Welcome
  
  
  Battle Mage: Forging New Steel
  
  
  White Hall
  
  
  Battle Mage: Winds of Change
  
  
  Modern Tales:
  
  
  Voran the Night Guardian
  
  
  Standing Before Monsters
  
  
  The Mermaid’s Chest
  
  
  
  
  
  Beyond the Nebula Series:
  
  
  Technomancer
  
  
  War Wolves (coming soon)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 1- Friends in Dark Places
  
  
  
  
  
  Dim, gray light from a cold winter day barely seemed to illuminate the stone
  beneath his feet as the figure huddled into his brown cloak and hurried along
  his path. 