The Marquise Ruby

About the Book

Wizard Milo has been imprisoned by the wockets and now resides in a magical cell next to his greatest enemy. The Grand Wizard Sigmoid a wizard he himself helped the wockets trap almost one hundred years ago.

Will this give Sigmoid the opportunity to seek revenge on Milo? Will a Treasure of gold and jewels, offered by the halflings, be enough to get Master Milo rescued? Will there be a wocket still alive after the new Grand Wizard Nathaniel and the royal army are able to complete Sigmoid’s rescue?

About the Author

About the Author Samuel R. Van Houten grew up on a small farm in eastern Kansas. He used his imagination to travel into other worlds as he explored every inch of the eighty acre farm and at the top of any tree he could climb. He married a beautiful woman with a bright eyed blond haired young man by her side. They were blessed with another blond haired son and moved to the Valley of the Sun in Arizona to get away from the continuous wind and cold winters. The constant hunger of his cat, George, and his basset, Henry, that was always under his feet brought life to the halflings and fun in the castle. He was always watching his wife, Patti, collect the endless dust bunnies running down the hall only to carry them carefully back outside and set them free. He enjoys the short conversations from the turtles that scurry six steps at a time to cross the back yard and is always worried that the wild birds he feeds each morning will get the seeds caught in their braces. His imagination constantly floats through his mind like the happy clouds playing in the dry air over head.