THE VORPAL SWORD: Book One: Beware the Jabberwock

By Joel S. Bailey

Finn, a young peasant living in the tiny village of Wharram Pyrth, leads a quiet life working as an apprentice in his father's trade as a gong farmer cleaning out cess pits. When the Plague destroys his family, he decides to venture beyond familiar surroundings on a pilgrimage to the Great Squared Circle hoping that spiritual renewal will make his life whole again. But fate draws him into a battle between two opposing civilizations when Rhoteeth, the sorcerer-chieftain of the Clan of the Bandersnatch, invades with his massive army and invokes the aid of the deadly Jabberwock. The Vorpal, a magic yet temperamental sword, must be smuggled away or risk it falling into enemy hands forever. This task falls to an unlikely choice--Finn. As the world around him unravels, and Myfanwy, the women he loves and knows he's fated to be with, is abducted by the 'Banders', the young gong farmer must find a way to master the erratic Vorpal sword, or loose everything. The Vorpal Sword is a historical fantasy set in the 1300's in the medieval Anglo-Celtic Isles, and draws upon elements of Lewis Carroll's poem, Jabberwocky.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520723962
• ISBN13: 9781520723969
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"