The Wizards of Once: Book 1

Cressida Cowell

Sep 2017 · The Wizards of Once Book 1 · Hodder Children's Books · Narrated by David Tennant

About this audiobook

The No.1 bestseller read by David Tennant.

Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came...

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it.

In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort. Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...

From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon

(P) 2017 Hodder Children's Books

Ratings and reviews

Great story and fantastic character development. Took a little while to get into but then thoroughly enjoyed the action and adventure. Perfectly read by the great David Tenant that has the gift of a voice that floats you along with the story. Looking forward to book 2.

Great! I loved every minute, and David Tennant read it perfectly!

About the author

Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the globally bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series. Her next series, The Wizards of Once, was an international bestseller. Cressida is also the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. The Which Way series is her most recent and has already been translated into 15 languages. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 42 languages. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC. The Wizards of Once has been translated into 38 languages and also signed by DreamWorks. Cressida was the Waterstones Children's Laureate (2019-2022). She is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now' magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.

David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor. He also has numerous TV credits, including Mr Gibson in 'He Knew he was Right', DI Carlisle in 2004's 'Blackpool', and his film roles include Barty Crouch Jnr in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' (2005). From the end of 2005, he will be appearing as Dr Who in the series of that name. His audiobook readings for Hodder include How To Train Your Dragon, How to be a Pirate.