book one: the night stalker the witch and the warlord

The mages (magic studiers) often talked about the Black lake. There are many tales about a Murdlok, a huge one, nick named Murdrake. The mages say a camp of canoners traveled over the Black lake…. Or tried, the mages say the canoe was ripped in hafe by Murdrake. But one and only one lived to tell the tail but when Frank coller got back he had gone mad.(c)