The Wizardry Quested - Wizardry, Bk 5 Author:Rick Cook It all began when the wizards of the White League were under attack by their opponents of the Black League, and one of their most powerful members cast a spell to bring forth a mighty wizard to aid their cause. What the spell delivered was master hacker Walter "Wiz" Zumwalt. The wizard who cast the spell was dead and nobody--not the el... more »ves, not the dwarves, not even the dragons--could figure out what the shanghaied computer nerd was good for. But spells are a lot like computer programs, and, in spite of the Wiz's unprepossessing appearance, he was going to defeat the all-powerful Black League, win the love of a beautiful red-haired witch, and prove that when it comes to spells and sorcery, nobody but nobody can beat a Silicon Valley computer geek!
Wiz Zumwalt on the ingredients of the perfect quest: Good companions: "Malkin's a kleptomaniac adrenaline junkie, June's crazy, Danny's still kind of wild, and the dwarf, Glandurg, is just plain dangerous." Magic weapons: "The sword Blind Fury was enchanted, but like the present wielder, the spell was seriously lacking in ept." Strange new lands: "You would think that a 20-foot dragon walking down the street of an American city would attract at least some attention. You would be wrong. Anyone who has been in Las Vegas more than 48 hours has seen stranger things than that on the breakfast buffet." And above all, a goal: "Our first job is going to be to protect the dragon from my wife."« less