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Wizard’s Bane

Name: Wizard’s Bane
Rating: 3.83 (2251 reviews)
Author: Rick Cook

Rick Cook February 1, 1989

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Synopsis

What “Wiz” Zumalt could do with computers was magic on Earth. Then, one day the master computer hacker is called to a different world to help fight an evil known as the “Black League.” Suddenly, the “Wiz” finds himself in a place governed by magic–and in league with a red-headed witch who despises him. Original.

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