title: In The Shadow Of War (The Dark Mage Chronicles) (Volume 1)
author:  Bradley R Mitzelfelt 
description: Brad grew up in central Illinois where his love for books flourished thanks to parents who were both readers. He started writing at a young age, and progressed when he attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. There he worked on a writing minor, and started writing the short stories that led to writing his first book: In The Shadow Of War. Currently he holds as Master's Degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, and is a Graduate Architect in northern Indiana working on getting licensed.
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  # Marcus: the Young Centurion
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### George Manville Fenn
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  Chapter I. Flies and Boys.
  
  
  Chapter II. Old Serge.
  
  
  Chapter III. An Old-Fashioned Fight.
  
  
  Chapter IV. Caught.
  
  
  Chapter V. The Trouble Grows.
  
  
  Chapter VI. Making the Best of it.
  
  
  Chapter VII. Company Comes.
  
  
  Chapter VIII. That Great Man.
  
  
  Chapter IX. The Old Armour.
  
  
  Chapter X. Left behind.
  
  
  Chapter XI. Good-bye, Old Home.
  
  
  Chapter XII. Real War.
  
  
  Chapter XIII. Turning the Tables.
  
  
  Chapter XIV. Coming to Terms.
  
  
  Chapter XV. Wearing Armour.
  
  
  Chapter XVI. The New Recruit.
  
  
  Chapter XVII. Too Late.
  
  
  Chapter XVIII. The Charioteer.
  
  
  Chapter XIX. Old Serge muses.
  
  
  Chapter XX. In the Snowy Pass.
  
  
  Chapter XXI. A Good Companion.
  
  
  Chapter XXII. The Chief.
  
  
  Chapter XXIII. The Fight begun.
  
  
  Chapter XXIV. First Check.
  
  
  Chapter XXV. A Narrow Escape.
  
  
  Chapter XXVI. In the Track of an Army.
  
  
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