The Power Master

About the Book

Tarker is a formidable power master. His constant companion is a krawk called Kok, a cranky black bird with a dubious vocabulary. They are called upon to assist peasants and rulers in times of danger and distress. They find themselves battling demonic creatures and other power users (magos and Zongs), who hire out to anyone willing to pay their price. Tarker, his sons, and Offa, a desert-living hermit, aid Al Dron to suppress an invasion by the tects into the Dorongo domain. Al Dron’s son is kidnapped as part of a conspiracy to overthrow Dorongo’s ruling family. Trained krawks help to save the boy before Tarker and Kok again join forces with Lord Dron and his knights to face an invading army raised by greedy men who want to enslave the population and bend them to their will. Power mistresses who are great healers and carers of sick animals and the environment are called upon to purify the domain of Findelling, when all the land and water were deliberately poisoned and the population faced starvation. Meanwhile, all the power masters find themselves battling against their deadliest foe yet.

About the Author

The author lives in South Yorkshire. The second of four children, she learned early that selfishness would not be tolerated. It is a good principle to live by. She has strong political opinions but thinks that everyone has a right to their own beliefs. As a child, she loved to read and lose herself in other writers’ worlds. Soon she was writing her own short stories and some poetry. This was not encouraged by a mother who believed that a daughter should principally learn to clean, cook, and sew. She still enjoys poetry and loves historical novels. There have always been animals in her life. Most were dogs, but there have also been a couple of cats, lots of birds, and tropical fish. Her daughter brought home animals she found but was not pleased when made to let them go back to nature. She worked as a stock controller for some years and then as a buyer and finally as an administrator. She enjoyed working and interacting with her colleagues. She was coerced by her daughter to help while she was training to be a driving instructor, an experience she does not recommend to anybody.