The Spell of War

The Spell of War first appeared in Thor's Hammer (ed. Reginald Bretnor ISBN 0 441 2590 7) in 1978 and is collected in Lord Darcy (ISBN 978 1 473 20105).

Plot
It is 1939, and a young Lieutenant Darcy meets Journeyman sorcerer Sean O'Lochlainn on the fields of Bavaria. Sean helps to spoil a fiendish spell made by a Polish sorcerer, and Darcy unravels a murder mystery.

Cast of Characters

 * Superior Sergeant Brendon Kelleigh
 * Lieutenant Darcy
 * Coronel Lord Darcy
 * Captain Rimbaud, son of General Ambrose Rimbaud
 * Junior Sergeant Sean O'Lochlainn
 * Sergeant Arthur Lyon
 * Corporal Whittaker
 * Senior Private Martinne
 * Coronel Everard, commanding the Duke of Burgundy's 18th Infantry