A Blight of Mages

Karen Miller

Aug 2011 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

Hundreds of years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe. . .

Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane. Barl is desperate to learn-but her eagerness to use her power leads her astray and she is banned from ever learning the mystic arts.

Morgan holds the key to her education. A member of the Council of Mages, he lives to maintain the status quo, preserve the mage bloodlines, and pursue his scholarly experiments. But Barl's power intrigues him-in spite of her low status.

Together, he realizes they can create extraordinary new incantations. Morgan's ambition and Barl's power make a potent combination. What she does not see is the darkness in him that won't be denied.

A Blight of Mages is the new novel set in the world of Karen Miller's bestselling debut The Innocent Mage.

Ratings and reviews

This is a great book on tape that is not only entertaining, but also a well-done audiotape. The voice is pleasant to the ears, well-defined and enjoyable. This is a sequel to the 'Innocent Mages' series, which already has two books in it. I don’t know anything about them, except that the reviews are good. Barl is a special mage whose extraordinary powers are ready to burst out, yet no one pays attention to her because she is of lesser birth. She finds that her work as a clockmaker is a waste of her superior powers and insists on proving the university of mages wrong. Morgan Danfey, the youngest mage ever appointed to sit on the Council of the first blood, feels that a horrific danger will assault Dorana, his homeland. These warnings are strong enough to make him study the forbidden magic, even against his father and the council’s will. When Morgan and Barl meet, each recognizes many things in common with the other. Both their magical skill and their belief that the rules are too restrictive unite them. Then there is the forbidden attraction they have for each other. The story portrays lovable characters and an easy to follow story. The authors did a good job developing the characters in this book to make them the deep and strong characters used in the rest of this series. The plot isn’t the strongest I have seen. But it is just enough to whet your appetite for the other books in the series. It is good for late teen and adults alike.

Really fun until the exodus. The end of dorana is radically different than what was descibed by Morg in the other related books.........really quite amazing until the last part.

I wish I would of read this first. Knowing the end but I love the auther and the other books in this set.

About the author

Karen Miller was born in Vancouver, Canada, and moved to Australia with her family when she was two. Apart from a three-year stint in the UK after graduating from university with a BA in communications, she's lived in and around Sydney ever since. Karen started writing stories while still in elementary school, where she fell in love with speculative fiction. She's held a variety of interesting jobs but now writes full time.