Magician: Apprentice

Raymond E. Feist

Aug 2017 · Riftwar Cycle: The Riftwar Saga Book 1 · Sold by Spectra

About this eBook

A worthy pupil . . . A dangerous quest

To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. But though his courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry.

Yet Pug's strange sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds. For dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of spacetime to being again the age-old battle between the forces of Order and Chaos.

Praise for Magician: Apprentice

“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

Ratings and reviews

This is a good start to the Riftwar Saga. It describes things in Pug's world without going overboard and the character development was decent, if a little forced. Very good fight scenes and suspense. One develops concern for the main players and I felt saddened by their loss. I believe the ending, however, was somewhat disappointing, no real climax. Continues in the next book I'm sure.

Great story with a number of great characters. It's been 40 years since I first read this book. I had forgotten much of the book but I enjoyed it all the same.

The first book in a very long line of sagas. this is the second greatest series of books I have ever read (very close second to the lord of the rings) I've read them many times and will again. The kind of stories you never get tired of. FRODO, TOMAS AND PUG LIVE! Thank you Raymond.

About the author

Raymond E. Feist is the internationally bestselling author or co-author of more than thirty novels, including Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon, and 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 a scheduled TV series based on his Riftwar Cycle. 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.