When Magic Fails

Hypnotic Journey #2

by Alaina Stanford

After the tragedy of losing one of their own shortly after arriving in this new world the remaining adventurers begin to create a new life in a new world filled with elves and trolls. Suddenly the last surviving Elf Wizard vanishes in a violent storm leaving an entire battalion of Elf Warriors dead. Having recently completed her apprenticeship Sorceress Sarah Sims and her companions Jack, a skilled swordsman and his wife Nicole one of the last remaining Woodland Elves now face a mysterious magical foe of great power. Risking everything to save Sarah from the elven council’s decision to execute her for treason, the elf Prince Cabal secretly sneaks the adventurers off in search of the menacing storm cloud responsible for the wizards disappearance. Sarah quickly discovers carelessness from their past has poisoned the land and caused the Trolls to emerge from their lair. After Sarah exerts too much magic battling the changeling, her friends have no choice but to trust the trolls. These same trolls who took Todd Hopper off in the darkness less than a year ago under the same pretext and he never returned. Cabal, Jack and Nicole allow the trolls to lead them deep inside the mountain so Sarah can recover in the safety of the troll cavern. What they find there shakes all of them to their very core and changes Sarah’s life forever as they head into a battle that pits friend against friend.

254 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 2012

About the author

As the mother of seven children I learned to love to play video games pretty fast. One day it occurred to me to write an adventure that flowed like a video game. I added a touch of romance and Hypnotic Journey was born.

The HJ characters are like a family to me. They are foolish, daring, resourceful and full of passion not only for life but for the friendships they have created in this world and the next.

I've been a Trekkie all my life so my next series was Science Fiction. The Treborel Series is a romantic paranormal adventure featuring a psychotic villain and a multiple layer of hero's fighting to survive the chaos of a continental conflict.

Archangel is a pre-apocalyptic series about angels fighting against the rising evil in a desperate attempt to keep humanity alive long enough to reach the end of days.

Royal Duty is a new type of series. Each book is a different genre- Science Fiction, Historical Romance, Fantasy, etc. They all share a main theme of a royal heir struggling against their obligations to the throne.

In the end I write about how friendship and love can sometimes be the only thing that can keep you alive. You will find my stories exciting and steamy, but I am not an erotic writer. My character's still fall in love and have sex, its just not that obvious.

My Amazon Author Page is: https://www.amazon.com/Alaina-Stanfor...
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Reviews

[Laurie Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

I am enjoying this series. The characters are entertaining, and the story is interesting. There is adventure, romance, and magic...what else do you need?