The Forbearing Mage: The Adventures of Jack Wartnose by A.S. Norris

After escaping death multiple times and finally finding the location of the elusive Tome of Time, Jack Wartnose is setting out again with his family! Only, things go quickly awry when his wild daughter from another torrid relationship suddenly appears with murderous intent. As if dodging death wasn’t bad enough, his antics also draw the attention of Magedom’s Inquisition. His luck goes from bad to worse when the lead inquisitor happens to be another prior lover, who isn’t taking his surprise marriage to Muriel happily.

Can Jack Wartnose hope to finish his quest without remaining imprisoned for skirting the rules a little?

Or is his life only a ‘loving’ spear thrust away from ending once he’s free again?

THE FORBEARING MAGE: THE ADVENTURES OF JACK WARTNOSE is book two of a low fantasy novel series that promises thrilling sword-and-sorcery adventure with clean humor and romance.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

As a novice Mage, Jack Wartnose’s life was already difficult enough: low pay, long hours, and an arcane duty to always keep his word. But when a chance encounter with his long-lost childhood sweetheart – and the consequences of his youthful wayward actions – leaves him duty-bound to fulfill a promise long since forgotten, he’s left with no choice but to take his fledgling family with him on his dangerous quest for the Tome of Time: a legendary artifact rumored to have started the last world-ending cataclysm.

As if his luck wasn’t bad enough, there are also revenant assassins hunting him down. If his family hopes to stay together this time, they’ll need more than just quick wits and spells to survive bloodthirsty monsters, vengeful revenants, mutinous party members, the needs of his wife versus his empty coin purse, and a son unfortunately following in his wayward footsteps.