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The Last Magus: Dragonfire and Steel
Fiction
The Magus were legendary magic casters/warriors, able to cast spells and wield powerful magical weapons. They were the guardians of magic in Attlain but were cast out and feared for their power. Marcus Gideon was trained by The Last Magus, destined to restore the dignity of the order.
After graduating from the Basilon Magical Academy, Gideon sets off for his master’s homeland. Plodoro was an isolated city in the far north of the Skjem-Tur mountains. Surrounded by giants and blanketed in an endless winter, Gideon traveled to the far-flung region to fulfill a final request of his master and return a sacred weapon to his people. He must finish this task to return to his true love, Wren.
The First Princess of Attlain fell in love with Gideon during their time at Basilon. Now, to win her parents’ approval, Gideon must win the Helios Arcanum Magical Arts Festival. This celebration showcases the best magic casters in Attlain, and Gideon is the first Magus to compete in over a hundred years. As he fights for his life and reputation, a dark shadow looms over him as the Ulbrecht Domo―the Shadow Lord of Ishtar―has other plans for The Last Magus.
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Mark Piggott
Mark Piggott, a native of Phillipsburg, N.J., enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1982, beginning a 23-year career.
He served on four aircraft carriers and various duty stations as a Navy Journalist before he attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He retired from active duty in 2006. He and his wife, Georgiene, live in Alexandria, Virginia. They have three children.
His first novel, Forever Avalon, was published in 2009, followed by his second novel, The Dark Tides, in 2014. The Outlander War: Book Three of the Forever Avalon series was released in 2020. Additionally, Forever Avalon was made into an audiobook, narrated by voice artist Traci Odom. In 2021, he published the start of a new steampunk fantasy series with The Last Magus: A Clockwork Heart and made into an audiobook, narrated by Melissa Barnes.
At the end of 2021, Mark signed with Curious Corvid Publishing as one of their new authors for this small, independent publisher. His fantasy novella, The River of Souls, in collaboration with poet Ashley Valitutto, was published in 2022, and in 2023, the steampunk historical fiction Corsair and the Sky Pirates launched along with the sequel to The Last Magus, Dragonfire and Steel.
His novels have won a slew of awards over the past years. The Outlander War won second place for fantasy in the 2021 Firebird Book Awards, The Last Magus won first place for steampunk, and in 2022, Forever Avalon won second place for fantasy. Additionally, The Last Magus: A Clockwork Heart won the Grand Prize for Fiction in the 2022 Authors Marketing Guild Indie Book Awards and 3rd Place in Fantasy-Myths and Legends in The BookFest 2022 Book Awards. The River of Souls won two Firebird Book Awards and was nominated for two Indie Book Awards in 2022. Corsair and the Sky Pirates added two 2nd Place awards from The BookFest in 2023 in Fantasy-Gaslamp and Sci-Fi-Steampunk.
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