Lochranza

Welcome to Anoone, a world where magic and science share a sometimes uneasy co-existence. Ben Troon is a trainee mage, or wizard, at the Dundonald Academy of Magecraft. He meets Bliss, a fellow student, and they fall deliriously in love. But they are torn apart when Ben is sent to the Magisterium, the heart of Magecraft, in the distant city of Lochranza. When he finds he has lost Bliss to another man, Ben becomes deeply depressed. His mentor, mage and bookseller Ailsa Bleakwill takes his case to the Archmage, Caerlugh. Caerlugh gives him a mission, to travel around the whole of Anoone, and to write a record of his experiences in a journal: the Book.

It is a journey where Ben will discover himself as he learns about his world. He is introduced to his travelling companion, the mysterious Motria, and together they set off into the unknown.

London born and Oxford educated, on graduating, Mark Haviland became involved with a community arts project in London’s East End. He later migrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked for some years at the Japanese Consulate, before quitting paid employment to become ‘Mister Mum’ to his daughter, Ariel, and to write. He also acts as secretary to the organising committee for the Timeline Festival, an annual historical re-enactment event. He lives in the Dandenong Ranges, on the outer fringe of Melbourne, with his wife Judy, two dogs, two rabbits, three chickens and a hive of bees.