Tag: Magic
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We return to a world of magic with Physik, the third book in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. Picking up a few months after Flyte, Septimus is working to learn more about Physik and medicine while Jenna is slowly becoming used to being the princess. Silas has become rather obsessed with a game…
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The Chronicles of Ynis Aielle by R. A. Salvatore ends with the third and final book, Bastion of Darkness. In the aftermath of the war against Thalasi, Rhiannon and Bryan are working to find and eliminate as many of the talons as possible. However, Rhiannon is now also dealing with a continuing weakness due to…
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The Alchemyst is the first book in Michael Scott’s series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Sophie Newman is a young teenager staying in California for the summer and working in a small coffee shop. Her twin brother Josh works across the street in a small bookshop. When Dr. Dee and his golems attack…
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H. G. Parry really throws you for a bit of a loop with A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians, book one of The Shadow Histories. The book opens in 1779 with William Pitt and William Wilberforce first becoming friends and working on becoming members of Parliament in the House of Commoners. They become friends…
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Flyte by Angie Sage is the second book in the Septimus Heap series and picks up about a year after the end of the previous book, Magyk. Septimus has now been the apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, for a little over a year now and has mostly adjusted to his position. Currently he…
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Furyborn is the first book in The Empirium series by Claire Legrand and is a bit of an unusual book. The story starts with Queen Rielle trying to protect her daughter from an angel named Corien by placing her in the care of Simon who can use magic to travel. It then splits into two…
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Dragons of the Hourglass Mage by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is the third and final volume of The Lost Chronicles. It focuses almost exclusively on the story of Raistlin Majere during the final days of the War of the Lance. Opening shortly after Raistlin left the ship and abandoned the rest of his group,…
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Warbound is the third and final book in The Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia. It opens a few months after the end of the previous book, Spellbound, with Faye now in Europe trying to find the Grimnoir elder that had trained Whisper in hopes of learning more about her unusual abilities. At the same time…
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Magyk by Angie Sage is the first book in the Septimus Heap series. The book opens with Silas Heap heading home to help his wife take care of their newborn seventh son, Septimus, only to find a baby girl abandoned in the snow on the way. After he picks the girl up Marcia Overstrand, the…
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Harpist in the Wind is the third and final book in the Riddle-Master trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip and concludes the tale of Morgon and Raederle. It picks up a mere week after the end of the second book with Morgon and Raederle trying to decide what to do next, though they somewhat agree they…