Q: How does a shanghaied computer geek conquer all the forces of Darkness and win the love of the most beautiful witch in the world
A: By transforming himself from a demon programmer into a programmer of demons!
It all began when the wizards of the White League were under attack by their opponents of the Black League and one of their most powerful members cast a spell to bring forth a mighty wizard to aid their cause. What the spell delivered was master hacker Walter "Wiz" Zumwalt. The wizard who cast the spell was dead and nobody— not the elves, not the dwarves, not even the dragons—could figure out what the shanghaied computer nerd was good for.
But spells are a lot like computer programs, and, in spite of the Wiz's unprepossessing appearance, he was going to defeat the all-powerful Black League, win the love of a beautiful red-haired witch, and prove that when it comes to spells and sorcery, nobody but nobody can beat a Silicon Valley computer geek!
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Product ReviewNote that Wizard's Bane and Wizardry Compiled are available free from Baen's free library. These are the books in Wiz Biz I. Go for Wiz Biz II if you want this series.
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Product ReviewBaen is a bit screwed up on this book. They title the HTML page WizBiz II, then they show a cover of WizBiz (I), but the actual book referred to in the text is Wizard's Bane, the first in the series. WizBiz (I) is a compilation book containing Wizard's Bane and The Wizardry Compiled. Baen doesn't have WizBiz (I) online despite showing the cover of that book on this page. They do offer WizBiz II online. Consequently, they only have the first, third, and fourth books of the series online, the second and fifth books being MIA at this time. Be aware of this because you are not getting the first compilation here!
Incidentally, the never-published sixth and last book can be found on Google in a nearly-finished, unpolished state.Posted on
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Product ReviewI've had managers who thought all programmers were wizards (or worse!) so I laughed all the way through it!
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