About This Book
The world has one hope. The hope is hiding on a mountain. And he's not sure he wants to help.
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Standalone Novel: Elazar the Magician is a complete, self-contained story. No prior knowledge of Clayton Wood's other series required — just open the first page and begin.
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Content note: Though not graphic, Elazar the Magician and the Masks of Eternity series deal with dark, mature subject matter — including childhood abuse, self-harm, and adult situations. The material is handled seriously rather than gratuitously, but it is intense; best suited to older-teen and adult readers.
The Order of Elazar has governed Magnus's homeland for generations — a religious authority built around the memory and legacy of the last living magician. Magic itself is treated as sacred, regulated, and controlled. Growing the Six Magic Mushrooms without Elder permission is illegal. The use of magic without sanctioning is heresy.
Magnus is a dashing, dramatic boy, wholeheartedly in love with magic and every mystery the Order dangles just out of reach. He fills notebook after notebook with everything he can learn — chasing the sacred knowledge the last magician is said to hold. His best friend Tyrus calls him a dreamer. Magnus would say the dreamers are the only ones truly awake.
When a warlord magician rises with power that no one can explain or counter, the Order's grip on magic begins to fail. Magnus knows there is one person who might be able to stop this — Elazar himself, living in seclusion at the summit of Mount Vadaka, surrounded by the blood-red leaves and black bark of the Forest of Shadows. The question is whether Magnus can reach him. And whether Elazar will help.
Part coming-of-age quest, part philosophical journey into the nature of power and belief, Elazar the Magician is the kind of fantasy that stays with you — reshaping how you think about magic, knowledge, and what it means to be chosen for something greater than yourself.
