Maugis (or Malagigi) is a sorcerer from the medieval Carolingian romance cycle — the same tradition that produced the chansons de geste about Roland and Charlemagne. Lord Gilhooley’s Maugis, ye Sorcerer draws on this rich source material to produce a fantasy narrative rooted in the arcane arts and courtly intrigue of the legendary Frankish world. The author’s identity is obscure, and the work sits at the intersection of retold legend and original fantasy fiction.
This free EPUB brings this unusual public domain fantasy to any e-reader in a clean reformatted edition. Readers with an interest in the folklore and romance traditions that underpin modern fantasy — the deep roots from which Tolkien and his successors drew — will find Maugis, ye Sorcerer an intriguing and distinctive piece from an era when genre boundaries had yet to harden.