The Tapping Wand

About the Book

The Tapping Wand follows the exploits of two denizens of the land of Æthos, Matoen and Ashula. Matoen, an aging scholar desperate to make a discovery that will win him eternal fame, has spent the latter part of his life futilely searching through old scrolls and books for a timeless finding. Ashula, his young apprentice, worries about his health and well-being. She tries everything she can to get his body out of their cottage and his mind out of its obsession.

After one fateful trip to town, Matoen begins to have dreams which speak in dead languages; dreams which lead them on a quest to find something...something important ...something powerful. What they find is the Scepter of Life, more commonly known as the Tapping Wand. Forged by an extinct people for their greatest king, the Tapping Wand is a mighty artifact able to siphon the life-force from one being to another. Matoen realizes that this is the greatest find that he, or anyone else, has ever made.

However, was the Tapping Wand ever meant to be found?

About the Author

Andrew Schnorr was born in the small town of Lomita, California in 1987. Despite his relative youth, Andrew has always been an avid writer, specializing particularly in short stories whose subjects greatly vary, but always deal somewhat with the mystical. The Tapping Wand is his debut into the published literary world. Andrew enjoys nothing more than thinking - creating new plots, settings, and characters for the numerous storylines in his head (especially when listening to aesthetic music).