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Add a library card to your account to borrow titles, place holds, and add titles to your wish list. This is the first book in the Riftwar Saga, and each book in the series is as good as the last. If you would like an introduction to the fantasy genre, this is the novel for you. As for the hardcore fantasy fans, this book should definitely be on your list of "must-reads.

Read the "Magician: Apprentice" and "Magician: Master" first, then take some time to read the "Daughter of the Empire" trilogy before moving on to the third Riftwar book Silverthorn. Mar 25, Bradley rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , shelf.

Of course, I needed to re-read an old love and see if it stands up to the test of time, and you know what I found? Fantastical fantasy goodness! I love it! And you know what's better? The author did a bang-up job of re-editing this "author-preferred" text. An extra 50k words, side plots, characters, and more roun Re-read.

An extra 50k words, side plots, characters, and more rounding of the world. The old story was not touched, just enhanced. What can I say? I like this novel better this time. Becoming an apprentice, solidifying life-long friendships, going on an adventure full of pathos and seeming tragedy ends with lots of valor, gorgeous descriptions, and a vast, sweeping war. Alien invaders in the literal sense, if not in an SF sense. I fully plan to read all the way through this next year.

What a treat! View all 16 comments. Mar 26, Josh rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy , adventure. I wanted to like this book. I really did. First, a major caveat: The Magician: Apprentice is only one part of a two-volume novel. The second volume, The Magician: Master , completes the tale. Unfortunately, the whole thing sounds more exciting than it really is. It kept conjuring images of a dog-faced boy with bug-eyes. Fiest provides plenty of narration, but Pug performs so few character-defining actions and has so few lines of dialogue that he remains a mystery.

Rather than being a participant, I often felt as though the story were happening to him. Sadly, Kulgan, the magician to whom Pug is apprenticed, is your stereotypical fantasy magician: he is tempermental, wears long robes and a funny hat, sports a long white beard and puffs away on a pipe.

He too is flat and boring. I really liked the concept of the apprentice magician. But we never really see Pug do any apprenticing. There are also problems with the plot itself. First, I have read some of it before in a little tale called The Lord of the Rings. You may have heard of it. Take, for example, the trek through the mines. You know, the mines dug out by the dwarves who dared to delve deeper than was safe? So deep, in fact, that there are unnamed evils lurking there?

Yeah, even the name is somewhat familiar. This is a setting too associated with the The Lord of the Rings to work well anywhere else. Moria is a place that truly scared me, but the mines of Mac Mordian Cadal make me feel like an adult walking through a Disneyland version of Moria.

To be fair, the first three quarters of The Magician: Apprentice are almost an unnecessary part of the story. These chapters serve to introduce a variety of characters and place them in position for the inevitable Tsurani invasion. After the invasion, however, the story finally loses its Tolkiensque flavor and begins to take on a life of its own. I want to be where the fighting is, not in some drawing room talking about strategy a whole year after the war has started.

Feist also has trouble with perspective. On more than one occasion he switches perspective mid-scene with no line breaks or visual cues.

This drives me up the wall. It is enough to make a reader go cross-eyed. Overall, I found myself trudging through this book. Although I think the concept of the rift is genius, Feist failed to bring it to fruition.

Once I hit a point when I realized that the story had jumped two years ahead in time, I nearly gave up. Having started reading the second volume, I can say that much is improved. Feist has finally managed to bring Pug into focus and —- despite its flaws -— I am honestly looking forward to continuing the story. View all 7 comments. Aug 03, Holly rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Started out well. I liked the main character, it seemed like it might be interesting.

Then they walked into the mines of Moria, visited Galadriel in Lothlorien, but he renamed them all, cuz he's smart like that and the main character disappeared halfway through the narrative.

The characters were flat as cardboard, particularly the females, and he spent most of his time telling rather than showing. Eventually the main character shows up, in the second half of this book which was published as Mag Started out well. Eventually the main character shows up, in the second half of this book which was published as Magician:Master. By that time, he's utterly useless except as a plot device, boring, self important, and overall I wished he had stayed kidnapped.

Basically, it was a load of derivative and nigh-unmitigated crap and I can't believe I actually read the sequel to this. What was I thinking? Shelves: chubby-chunkster , epic-fantasy , war , faerie , library-checkout , multiple-narrators , wizard-warlock-sorcerer , dwarves-or-kobolds , favorites , action-adventure-challenge Magician: Apprentice is an appealing introduction into an epic fantasy series that a newbie can enjoy.

It offers a young hero who is just at the beginning of his journey to find his purpose in life. Feist offers a fantasy world on the brink of war from a threat that has the capacity to bring great change to Midkemia as they know it.

While the world has a typical medieval-type feel, the variety of races presented give the world an incredible texture. I loved the descriptions of the elves and thei Magician: Apprentice is an appealing introduction into an epic fantasy series that a newbie can enjoy.

I loved the descriptions of the elves and their way of life, how they are similar and different from the Dark Brotherhood, Elves who have fallen into a darker way of life. I have to say that the dwarves really caught my attention. Their beliefs, values and their skill at fighting and navigating the mines of the Stone Mountains. Of course, loved the dragon! I wasn't sure about the Tsurani storyline initially, but it takes this story in a different direction from what I initially expected.

It sets up an incredible culture clash that takes this novel to a wider focus as the Midkemians have to work together to stave off the invasion of forces from another world. Initially, it seems that Pug, our young magician apprentice, is the center of this story. But it becomes clear that various characters gain the focus of Feist. Starting out like a coming of age story, and I suppose it continues to be one in some way, this story becomes one about people dealing with their world being invaded by a formidable group of people whose values are completely alien to their own, and who seem invincible.

One detractor I'd have for this story is that it's not a standalone. The story doesn't end on an obvious cliffhanger, but you definitely have to keep reading to find out what happens to all the pivotal characters. With a massively overflowing to read list, I am not eager for too many series to add, but the strength of the story and the good writing here, guarantees I will be back for more.

Fantasy Beginner Rating explanation: Scale is based on whether this is a good book for beginner fantasy readers or it is better for one who has read a lot of fantasy.

High-Good starter book. Medium-Okay for a beginner. Low-May be confusing for a novice fantasy-reader. View all 36 comments. Well, it's not entirely the book's fault. Everything makes me want to take a shot of hard liquor at the moment, and this book didn't do a good job of taking my mind off that.

I guess I'm just not cut out for retro high fantasy. So I have zero memories connected to these genre classics and absolutely no appreciation for chosen farm boys with extra I. I should not as it is clearly not for me. In all that skimming though, I did come across something interesting around the half-way point.

There's a rift in the time-space continuum-- RIFT war, I see, I see--and a hoard of something from an alien world comes through the portal and invades the world of Midkemia e.

Dark Ages Western Europe. This was interesting for about a dozen pages as most wars in secondary worlds are, but I couldn't get into it because the prose started to drag again. So rather than going back a few chapters to catch what I'd missed leading up to the rift and the war, I skimmed right on to the end.

I think the bones of this story are good and the story itself could have been a lot more interesting if the pacing had been faster and the prose--better? I get that you have to show characterization and a character's inner life, but there are just so many characters to work through, and high fantasy in general has a tradition of dragging these things out, even for minor characters.

I'm not sure there is a way around this; I'm just I'm not a fan of explain-y prose styles and uninspired narration. Apparently this book was divided into two halves when it was first released, Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master.

It wasn't until recently that the two halves were re-released as one book as Raymond Feist had originally intended. View all 21 comments. Nov 07, Chad rated it it was amazing. One of the first fantasy novels I read as a teenager. Feist remains one of my favorite authors to this day.

Pug is a struggling magician's apprentice when a ship from another world washes up to shore. Most of this first book is an entryway to the world of Midkemia, building up the world and relationships between the races. I love Pug's and Tomas's journey through the Riftwar Saga. I would recommend this to anyone who has read other fantasy adventure series like A Song of Ice and Fire , T One of the first fantasy novels I read as a teenager.

I would recommend this to anyone who has read other fantasy adventure series like A Song of Ice and Fire , The Kingkiller Chronicle , or The Codex Alera and is looking for another series to burn through.

Feist and his world of Midkemia continue on for some 30 odd books and over 30 years of stories, bringing me joy throughout my adulthood. Feist has ended the Riftwar Cycle at this point and moved onto a new series of books. View 2 comments. Dec 19, Jim rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy , sword-sorcery , 2fiction , 1paper , 3series.

I first read this book shortly after it came out in the early 80's while in my 20's. It's every bit as enjoyable on the 4th read almost 30 years later.

I'm so happy I did this again. On to I first read this book shortly after it came out in the early 80's while in my 20's. On to Magician: Master. Unlike the Jordan bricks, these PB's have withstood the test of time due to their reasonable size.

View all 10 comments. Aug 07, NAT. Welcome to the Riftwar. Pro: extremely engaging, not at all like Cowboys vs. Aliens Con: high death rate. I got really nostalgic reading this book. I first started the Riftwar Saga almost exactly two years ago, when I was on a research trip in Bolivia. There, on a tiny shelf in a tiny hostel on a beautiful isle called Isla del Sol in the Lake of Titicaca, sat Magician. I picked it up simply because I was relieved of all other sources of entertainment involuntarily and was thus in desperate need to occupy my mind.

It was a good thing to take it with me. An ode to Raymond for he restored my faith in rereads. Remember how I came to doubt the purpose of rereading just a while ago? Not any longer. I found the plot of Magician: Apprentice just as exciting and original as I did two years ago. Although I'm usually bored when I already know what's happening I found myself thinking 'Oh you wait until If written well, the endless challenges heroes face in classical high fantasy tales are a merry undertaking - for the reader, that is.

Of course, we couldn't do without the helpless damsel who throws herself at the hero just so that he can proof his strong character and send her away. I highly encourage everyone who has a thing for high fantasy to give this fantastic saga a go. Mixing it with elements of science fiction was such an unusual thing to do, I too had concerns we'd end up with a disaster along the lines of Cowboys versus Aliens.

Fear not, my friend, for Raymond delivered a masterpiece I can definitely see myself returning to in the future. Fair warning: The total number of books set in that universe is The saga itself only counts four main volumes, though. Pug, an orphan and magician apprentice, is caught in the mids of a war caused by the alien Tsurani invading his home Midkemia.

Would stay up beyond my typical hours to finish it. I found some minor details I didn't like, agree with or lacked in some kind but overall, this was enjoyable and extraordinary. The main characters of this fantasy, fantasy story are Tessia,. Feist - Riftwar Saga 1a - Magician Apprentice. Published in October 1st the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in fantasy, epic fantasy books. The story of Pug, a magician's apprentice in Crydee.

Author: Raymond E. In an alternate version of present-day Manhattan, magic is dying, and Esta, a Mageus with a talent for manipulating time, travels back to to stop the destruction of a book that can possibly restore magic, but in Old New York, Esta must navigate gangs, secret societies, and her feelings for another magician in order to save the future of magic.

In this spellbinding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Last Magician, Esta and Harte set off on a cross-country chase through time to steal back the elemental stones they need to save the future of magic. Hunt the Stones. Beware the Thief. Avenge the Past. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. To bind the power, Esta and Harte must track down four elemental stones scattered across the continent. But the world outside the city is like nothing they expected.

In St. And back in New York, Viola and Jianyu must defeat a traitor in a city on the verge of chaos. As past and future collide, time is running out to rewrite history—even for a time-traveling thief.

Bind the Book. Stop the Order. Save the Magic. Esta is no stranger to high-stakes heists; she is a seasoned thief with no reservations about using her time traveling abilities to give her an edge. But saving Harte--and magic itself--will put her skills to the test.

The Book of Mysteries threatens to tear through the world and change the shape of magic forever, and only Esta and Harte stand in its way. They race through time and across the country to steal back the remaining elemental stones needed to bind the book's power, stop the Order, and save the future of the Mageus. This superb novel is richly textured and intellectually challenging, a tour de force from our most elegantly seductive writer. The last magician is Charlie, the photographer, who monitors and records everything as he seeks the silent Cat through physical and emotional infernos.

Charlie, Cat, Robbie and Catherine shared a childhood summer in a Queensland rainforest. But a death intruded on their charmed circle, binding them to complicity and silence. Decades later, festering memories seep through into the present, in the same way as the desperate underside of a corrupt Sydney breaks through into tidy lives and well-kept streets.

Traces the life and legacy of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century magician, covering his vaudeville successes, rivalry with Houdini, and role in setting the standard for magical performances today. The malevolence behind the threat at Brakebills will rock everyone to their cores — and even shock longtime fans of The Magicians! Collects The Magicians When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams may have come true. The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years.

The Magician King Quentin Coldwater should be happy. The Magician's Land Quentin Coldwater has lost everything. He has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical world of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. Meanwhile, the magical barriers that keep Fillory safe are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded.

Eliot and Janet, the rulers of Fillory, embark on a final quest to save their beloved world, only to discover a situation far more complex—and far more dire—than anyone had envisioned. Along with Plum, a brilliant young magician with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. His new life takes him back to old haunts, like Antarctica and the Neitherlands, and old friends he thought were lost forever.

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But the reason for this change at Brakebills will rock them to their core — and shock longtime fans of The Magicians! Book Summary: "You want to know the truth. She has earned the grudging respect of her fellow novices and a place in the Magicians' Guild. But there is much she wishes she had never learned—what she witnessed, for example, in the underground chamber of the mysterious High Lord Akkarin.

Still, she dares not ignore the terrifying truths the High Lord would share with her, even though she fears it may be base trickery, a scheme to use her astonishing powers to accomplish his dark aims. For Sonea knows her future is in his hands—and that only in the shadows will she achieve true greatness. Someone, or something sinister is at work, and Dean Fogg will finally have to reveal the truth behind opening the doors of Brakebills to the hedges Book Summary: Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.

And his secrets aren't safe! The Enemies: Dr. John Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli. Their Plan: Steal the rest of what Nicholas Flamel has fought to protect. John Dee has the Book of Abraham the Mage, which means the world is on the brink of ruin.