Published: March 27, 2012
Words: 107,134 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476179988

Short description

A young man is born with extraordinary magical talents in a world where magicians are mere tradesman. He takes a position in a far land where he gets embroiled with the owner's daughter, not in a good way. Circumstances force him to leave his work and join the intelligence agency of his native land. War is brewing. Can he use his unique talents to avert catastrophe?

Extended description

A young man is born with extraordinary magical talents in a world where magicians are mere tradesman and their magic is very localized. Despite the pleadings of his magician-sister, he spurns a position at a magical academy and takes a position in a far land where he gets embroiled with the owner's daughter, not in a good way. Circumstances force him to leave his work and join the intelligence agency of his native land. War is brewing. Can he use his unique talents to avert catastrophe? And if he does, what will he do with his life?

Tags

adventure, fantasy, magic, steampunk, magicians, spies espionage

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Review by: Doug Morrison-Cleary on April 03, 2012 :
I enjoyed this book. It had some very interesting ideas about the place of magic in a technological (steam-age but not steampunk) world. It's also a story of obsession and redemption with good character development.

The writing style reminds me a little of, perhaps, Jane Austen and took some getting use to but I never felt like putting the book down. It is clever, interesting and its world is one I would love to explore further.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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