Magician: Apprentice: A Novel

Description

The first trade paperback edition of this classic tale of magic, might, and adventure. Orphaned boy Pug is apprenticed to a powerful court magician named Kulgan in the faroff fantasy world of Midkemia. After saving the life of one of the royals at court, Pug is made a squire just as a fearsome race of invaders sacks the kingdom, throwing the lives of Pug and his friend Tomas into danger and disarray. Pug will have to rely on all of his magical ability to stave off the invasion and bring peace back to Midkemia.

Raymond E. Feist is the internationally bestselling author or co-author of more than thirty novels, including Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon, Faerie Tale, as well as short stories in bestselling anthologies, including Legends and Legends II edited by Robert Silverberg. Feist is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and still lives in San Diego. He is also Executive Producer for the scheduled TV series based on his first book, Magician. He is an ardent fan of several sports teams around the world, including the Wolverhampton Wanderers, The St. George-Illawara Dragons, the Los Angeles Rams and Lakers, and the San Diego Padres. His other interests include really good whisky, ridiculous numbers of great films, all varieties of music, yelling at politicians on TV, and the company of very smart people.

"One of the world's most successful fantasy fiction authors."-The Guardian "Understandably, this is one of the highest-regarded books in the world."-Fantasy Book Review "Totally gripping . . . A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination."-The Washington Post Book World "Most exciting . . . A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field."-Andre Norton "The best new fantasty in years . . . has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkien-and keeping him there."-The Dragon Magazine