The Lord Sorcier
A prequel novella in Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales series (included as a bonus story at the end of Half a Soul), The Lord Sorcier tells how Elias Wilder — the low-born magician who becomes England's Lord Sorcier — first met Albert Lowe during the brutal winter retreat to Portugal in 1812. As Napoleon's war grinds on around them, the two men's friendship forms amid lost supplies, freezing cold, and the loss of Albert's arm — a charming but clear-eyed look at the horrors of war and the soldiers who are its pawns.
The low-born magician who becomes England's Lord Sorcier; Albert's closest friend and ally through the war.
No — The Lord Sorcier is a prequel novella and works as a standalone read. It was originally released as the bonus story printed at the end of Half a Soul, the first novel in Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales series, and tells an earlier chapter in Elias Wilder's life.
It's Elias Wilder. In the Regency Faerie Tales series, England names its own royal court magician "the Lord Sorcier" because France already has one — and this novella tells how Elias, a low-born magician serving in the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars, comes to earn that title.
