Last Mage

"The world is always in danger. The question is: At any given moment, just how much?"

—Elijah Valentine, Mage

Last Mage is an Urban Fantasy Web Serial Novel written by Andrew Eckhart. A man in custody is being interviewed, sometime in the future, about a world-changing "Event". The man, Elijah Valentine, tells the Writer he must start at the beginning, and proceeds to, with some breaks where he explains his reasoning or discusses philosophy with the Writer.

Or, Last Mage is a tale about the last Mage on Earth, who must save the human race (and the other beings on Earth) from a tyrannical sorceress using nothing but his wits and powers. Though many of the things he accomplishes seem like magic, they aren't.The site also hosts some B stories taking place within the same universe and completely unrelated one-shots.

Tropes used in Last Mage include:

• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Writer.
• Foregone Conclusion: We know from the Framing Device that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
• Framing Device: The Interview.
• The Masquerade: "Demons" from other dimensions have lived in secret on Earth for quite some time.
• Really 700 Years Old: Valentine is old, but he won't give an exact age.
• Twenty Minutes Into the Future
• Urban Fantasy