Into this male-dominated society comes a male wizard who decides to buck convention by taking in a young female wizard as his apprentice. Additionally the wizard council is all male, and there are laws on the books that forbid male wizards from training female wizards, instead instructing them to siphon off the female's power by force if necessary. This makes it nearly impossible for them to trust anyone of the female persuasion, human or wizard, and keeps them locked in a competition of sorts with other male wizards to the point that they need their own territory devoid of other male wizards in which to live.
There is also an extreme form of patriarchal culture in the wizard world that has essentially seeped into the very DNA of all male wizards. (Hint: It was wizards.:-)) In fact, even before Atlantis sank into the ocean, it was being polluted by magical energies that were distorting plant, animal and human life. For starters, it puts a whole new spin on Atlantean mythology and exactly what destroyed the lost continent. This book is a very intriguing mixture of a number of different elements. I enjoyed it very much, so I decided to go back and see how it all started. I actually read "Arts Magica," the sequel novella to The Wizard of Seattle several months ago without knowing it was part of a series. But will this cursed land destroy them and their love before they can succeed in their mission? Review His quest takes both Richard and Serena back in time to the long-lost continent of Atlantis in a desperate bid to change the history that is keeping them apart and right the wrongs committed centuries ago.
Unable to bear hurting her in any way, he instead sets out to discover why this law was made. When Merlin goes to his father in an attempt to find out the truth, the wizard's council demands that he cease his activities and instead take away Serena's powers for good. A law so ancient that no one knows the reasons for its origin prohibits him from mating with a female wizard, and he's already taken great risk by merely teaching her. Nine years later, she's blossomed into a beautiful woman who tempts him in ways forbidden to wizards.
Taking her into his home, he broke the laws of his kind to train her in the magical arts. When Serena Smyth arrived on his doorstep, a bedraggled orphan of only sixteen, Richard Merlin sensed in her the raw power and talent of a master wizard.
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