The Green Mage front cover. Novel by Michael Simms, volume 1 in the Talon Trilogy. Original cover art by Andrew Dunn shows a pixie-like woman with pointed ears standing nose-to-nose with a fearsome looking dragon.

The Green Mage

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The First Chronicle of Tessia Dragonqueen

(The Talon Trilogy: Vol. 1) by Michael Simms
ISBN: 978-1-956440-18-8 paperback $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-956440-19-5 ebook $9.99
March 2023

The Green Mage is a tale in the finest of sword and sorcery tradition—a hero’s journey told through the eyes of the mage.

Norbert Oldfoot is a simple mage who makes his living traveling the Bekla River Road, selling trade goods, performing healing magic, and singing traditional songs of heroes. He becomes friends with Kerttu, a coppersmith who has developed a new alloy which is perfect for manufacturing swords. When Kerttu is kidnapped by the evil Wizard Ludek, Kerttu’s teenage daughter Tessia, a skilled hunter, recruits three friends, including Norbert, and sets out on a quest to find a legendary dragon who lives in the mountains. With the help of the dragon, Tessia plans to save her father. Little do they know that in order to save Kerttu, they will first have to save the kingdom.

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The Green Mage
The First Chronicle of Tessia Dragonqueen

The Green Mage front cover. Novel by Michael Simms, volume 1 in the Talon Trilogy. Original cover art by Andrew Dunn shows a pixie-like woman with pointed ears standing nose-to-nose with a fearsome looking dragon.
Original cover art by Andrew Dunn “Tessia meets the Dragon.”

(The Talon Trilogy: Vol. 1)

by Michael Simms

ISBN: 978-1-956440-18-8 paperback $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-956440-19-5 ebook $9.99
March 2023

The Green Mage is a tale in the finest of sword and sorcery tradition—a hero’s journey told through the eyes of the mage.

Norbert Oldfoot is a simple mage who makes his living traveling the Bekla River Road, selling trade goods, performing healing magic, and singing traditional songs of heroes. He becomes friends with Kerttu, a coppersmith who has developed a new alloy which is perfect for manufacturing swords. When Kerttu is kidnapped by the evil Wizard Ludek, Kerttu’s teenage daughter Tessia, a skilled hunter, recruits three friends, including Norbert, and sets out on a quest to find a legendary dragon who lives in the mountains. With the help of the dragon, Tessia plans to save her father. Little do they know that in order to save Kerttu, they will first have to save the kingdom.

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Here is what Midwest Book Review says about The Green Mage:

The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf The Green Mage Michael Simms https://www.michaelsimms .info/home Madville Publishing LLC https://madvillepublishing.com 9781956440188, $21.95, PB, 324pp https://www.amazon.com/Green-Mage-Chronicle-Dragonqueen-Trilogy/dp/1956440186 Synopsis: Norbert Oldfoot is a simple mage who makes his living traveling the Bekla River Road, selling trade goods, performing healing magic, and singing traditional songs of heroes. He becomes friends with Kerttu, a coppersmith who has developed a new alloy which is perfect for manufacturing swords. When Kerttu is kidnaped by the evil Wizard Ludek, Kerttu's teenage daughter Tessia, a skilled hunter, recruits three friends, including Norbert, and sets out on a quest to find a legendary dragon who lives in the mountains. With the help of the dragon, Tessia plans to save her father. Little do they know that in order to save Kerttu, they will first have to save the kingdom! Critique: Original, deftly crafted, "The Green Mage: The First Chronicle of Tessia Dragonqueen" a fun and fascinating read from start to finish, and debuts novelist Michael Simms new heroic fantasy series 'The Talon Trilogy'. Populated throughout with interesting characters and unexpected plot twists, "The Green Mage" will prove to be an immediate and enduringly appreciated pick for personal reading lists of dedicated action/adventure fantasy fans and community library Science Fiction & Fantasy collections. It should be noted that "The Green Mage" is also readily available from Madville Publishing in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.49). Editorial Note: Michael Simms (https://www.michaelsimms info/about) has worked as a squire and armorer to a Hungarian fencing master, stable hand, gardener, forager, estate agent, college teacher, editor, publisher, technical writer, lexicographer, political organizer, and literary impresario. He is also the author of seven collections of poetry and a textbook about poetry. In 2011 Simms was recognized by the Pennsvlvania State Legislature for his contribution to the arts.

“Whether Michael Simms is writing a personal essay about growing up with autism or poems about our dying planet, a barfight, or the mystery of a hummingbird’s radiance, he is a master storyteller whose narratives hold memorable moments full of fresh and telling details that unlock the heart.”

– Peter Makuck, author of Wins and Losses: Stories

Author, Michael Simms. portrait in black-and-white. Michael is wearing a plaid shirt and a black hat.Born and raised in Texas, Michael Simms has worked as a squire and armorer to a Hungarian fencing master, stable hand, gardener, forager, estate agent, college teacher, editor, publisher, technical writer, lexicographer, political organizer, and literary impresario. He is the author of seven collections of poetry and a textbook about poetry. In 2011 Simms was recognized by the Pennsylvania State Legislature for his contribution to the arts. Simms and his wife Eva live in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Mount Washington overlooking the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers.

The next books in the Talon Trilogy are Windkeep (out now) and The Blessed Isle, coming in February 2025.

The Talon Trilogy: Volume Three, The Blessed Isle by Michael Simms coming February 2025. Cover shows a warior woman with a glowing sword in a dark landscaped. She is followed by a mage with a glowing gem in his staff.

Michael Simms The Talon Trilogy, Windkeep, Volume Two. The image shows a dark blue and black background with the sihlouette of a castle, fires burning on its turrets, being attached by an enormous fire-breathing dragon, also in sihlouette in front of a full moon.

Reviews and Interviews

Header for a review of Michael Simms new YA novel, The Green Mage. Review is by Mike Vargo for the Cultural Daily. A picture of Michael Simms, a white man with white hair, a white beard and sunglasses wears a cowboy hat and a black t-shirt. He appears in front of a waterfall.

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1 review for The Green Mage

  1. kpdavis –

    Michael Simms is a smart guy. And he has the eyes of a child! There are lessons hidden in the adventure here. Lessons about home and family and about war and grief. I highly recommend it.

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