The Wizard

On June 14, 1888, Willard William Waterhouse III was born into a poor but honest family in North Titusville, a small close-knit enclave of mages in Birmingham, Alabama. While his parents celebrated the birth of their first son, little did they realize that they were welcoming into the world one of the most infamous magical criminals of the twentieth century.

When he enrolled in The Old South School of Magic at the age of eleven, young Willard excelled at all of his ...