The Chessmaster: A Story from the Realm of the Blind

James Wendt walked through the looking glass two years before this story into a world where magic works and there are schools to train young magicians. It is also a world where there are terrorists and people who would like to rule the non-magical world.He straddles the divide between magic and non-magic. In this story, he brings a young wizard into the non-magical world through Chess.He has discovered a Chess prodigy at his school. He sets out to give him an opportunity to develop this gift as far as he can go - perhaps all the way to a World Championship. Along the way, he faces opposition from all quarters of the magical world.