Forward the Mage - Joe's World, Bk 2 Author:Eric Flint, Richard Roach Benvenuti Sfondrati-Piccolomini, newly landed in Goimr with hopes of finding his fortune as a court artist, has a run-in with a wizard on the run and then another with the law, which change his life forever by getting him mixed up in a rebellion and the theft of a precious relic. Although not exactly the cushy court job he had sought, Benvenuti'... more »s new career provides ample fodder for his artistic soul. Furthermore, the fate of the world rests on his and his confreres' actions.« less