Mark L. Tompkins

THE LAST DAY OF MAGIC is Mark Tompkins debut book. Myth and history are mixed together into a wonderful magic story. The book starts off in the present time, but then quickly moves back in time to the year 1387 where Aisling and Anya are about to celebrate their fourteenth birthday, which is also their coronation day when they will become one Goddess. But danger threatens. There are those who would do anything to stop the ceremony from taking place.

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Imagine if Richard II had made a deal with the Vatican to work together to invade Ireland, which was the font of magic in the world, in an effort to stamp out that last bastion of un-Christian magic in the world.

Further, imagine that this isn't fiction, but instead what really happened, but was covered up when the Bible was put together, and covered up again when the Dead Sea Scrolls threatened to expose the truth.

I'm not sure that cover up aspect of the plot, which sort of bookends the story, was really necessary, but it is a highly entertaining story either way. It's a little slow to get rolling, so don't bail on it. The payoff is worth it.… (más)