The Sorcerer's Apprentice

4x6 Pocketbook. This is an anthology of seven short stories which tell the story of Mark Anderson, who becomes a sorcerer's apprentice. They form a continuous story. Mark is a runaway thirteen year old, fleeing his step father's demonic abuse. He is taken in by a gypsy shopkeeper, who was an industrial chemist before he retired. They team up to fight evil in all its forms, natural and supernatural.