Mud & Magic: A Slice of Life Fantasy Adventure (Chronicles of a Retired War Mage Book 2)

A former battlemage, once among the world's most powerful, has left behind a life of combat to settle on a farmstead inherited from a fallen friend. Days are now spent enjoying bread from Lulu, an absent-minded baker, and conducting late-night alchemical experiments with Eleya, a high elven alchemist. The mage's staff, Ashmaker, sits unused. The village of Aerenvale, however, harbors mysteries. Ancient machinery lies buried beneath the mud, and hidden tunnels suggest the quiet village was once something far older and more significant. As these buried powers begin to awaken, the mage must defend both the farmstead and the women who share it.