Richard the Lionheart returned from the Crusades with the
gift of magic and changes the course of History. His
absence was long and his kingdom changed therefore he
relented to bringing the gift of magic to everyone and
instead to those who believed only nobility should wield it.
In time magic became a way of life that was shared and a
short time of prosperity reigned. After the signing of The
Magna Carta in 1215 commoners regained rights and now had
access to magic. Descendants of Richard made desperate
attempts to return power to the royalty and those common
that were caught utilizing magic were executed. By the time
Richard the Third took the throne the country was being
sieged by Henry Tudor and his forces. What did it really
cost Richard the Lionheart to bring magic in the first
place? No King before had dared to ask, until Richard the
Third.
Fast forward 100 years where The Plantagenet family rules
and all magic is illegal. Inquisitors track down all those
who practice magic and condemn them to death in the name of
Richard V whose time has come to pay the price. Mattias and
Tagan each bearing innate gifts of magic are magically
transported to Germany while fighting for their lives
against the sudden and unexpected arrival of the Inquisitor,
Weaver who personifies everything you have ever read about
the Inquisition. This is the start of a quest to locate the
magi, Warin the Shapeshifter, Eyja She Who Sees, Giradlo De
Luna the Pirate King and Akhgar Ibn Atash the Wanderer over
land and sea while being chased down by an unrelenting
Weaver in a world of magic they have just realized existed.
With every step they take, training and growing under the
tutelage of the powerful magi they finally understand how
important they are to saving the world from the true
ultimate evil....no matter what the price.
HEIRS OF THE DEMON KING: UPRISING held my interest from the
start. The historical fantasy had a magical twist that
started me down the path where I had problems putting down
the book. The depth of each character and the way Sarah
Cawkwell brought each of them to life was quite good. I
felt the growing love between the troupe and the raw hatred
of the inquisitor. There were laughter and tears and better
yet the opening for the sequel!
Mathias Eynon’s dreams were small. A dabbler in magic, he
expected to live in obscurity in his home in the Welsh
hills. But fate has other plans for him. It is the Year of
Our Lord Fifteen Eighty-Nine, and a revolution is quietly
brewing. Richard the Fifth has overstayed his rule, some
say; the line of Demon Kings must be burned out. When the
Inquisitor Charles Weaver comes to Mathias’s village, he is
thrust into events beyond his understanding.
Mathias is sent, with his betrothed, Tagan, to the corners
of the known world – the frozen lands of the north, the
pirate-haunted ports of Spain, the mountains of the German
Empire, the burning sands of Africa – to bring back masters
of the magic arts. With the fanatical Weaver close on his
heels, he sets out to gather his allies.
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