DARK TIDINGS : AGENT MAGIC IN THE MODERN WORLD BOOK BY KEN MAGEE is book one in the series. It is a multi genre book. Fantasy/comedy/time travel/medieval times. Tung,who is locked in a dungeon,thousands of years ago,gets a cellmate Madrick,the kings wizard who has fallen on real hard times. Madrick has a magic scroll which gives Tuck magical powers and this is where the laughter begins. The two escape,and the disasters follow these two like the plague followed rats. Wizards,good and bad are after them to stop the reign of madness and that is all I'm going to tell you about this book. Read on to find out just how much of a mess the two can get into.

For me the book started out and I though how silly this really is ,which kept me reading on till the very end.

I recieved this audiobook free from the author in exchange for an honest review. ( )

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I got this book, from Making Connections for free, in exchange for an honest review. Get your copy here.

What I liked:
the beginning-it was fun and made me want to read ahead.
the humor-it was light and done well. Tung's name and his butchering of the modern slang were all funny.
the concept this book was based upon was quite interesting.

What I didn't like:
there's such a thing as oversimplifying things-I may have liked it in other books but it bothered me in this one.
the chapters constantly ended with "if x had known what y was doing, he may have been worried" and that got old after a while.

Maybe it wasn't my kinda book but it may be yours, so give it a try. ( )

Tung is in the king's dungeon waiting for his punishment, but then Madrick, the King's disgraced wizard, is thrown into his cell. Thus begins Dark Tidings. As the book continues, we also meet Michael, a computer expert who is about to begin his personal war against a corrupt bank.

Luckily for Tung, Madrick has a very special spell scroll which has helped him in the past. This scroll is a very special spell scroll in that it produces random spells for the wizard to use. Unfortunately for Madrick, the last spell it creates takes away Madrick's spell-casting abilities; however, fortunately for Tung - it can be passed on to a new owner. Thus begins the adventure!

Using the scroll, they are then able to escape their fate. However, rival wizards find out that Madrick and Tung have the fabled scroll and start to chase them so that they can have the scroll. They are also pursued by the Kings men. Without giving too much away, they use a random spell which sends them into the future where they meet with Michael.

The book is a great mix of comedy and adventure! A fun read indeed. The book has a nice complex mythology and some very interesting twists and turns as the story progresses. I definitely would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys comic fantasy! ( )