Wild Magic

Tamora Pierce

Dec 2009 · The Immortals Book 1 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Discover a land of enchantment, legend, and adventure in this first book of the Immortals series, featuring an updated cover for longtime fans and fresh converts alike, and including an all-new afterword from Tamora Pierce.

Thirteen-year-old Daine has always had a special connection with animals, but only when she’s forced to leave home does she realize it’s more than a knack—it’s magic. With this wild magic, not only can Daine speak to animals, but she can also make them obey her. Daine takes a job handling horses for the Queen’s Riders, where she meets the master mage Numair and becomes his student.

Under Numair’s guidance, Daine explores the scope of her magic. But she encounters other beings, too, who are not so gentle. These terrifying creatures, called Immortals, have been imprisoned in the Divine Realms for the past four hundred years—but now someone has broken the barrier. And it’s up to Daine and her friends to defend their world from an Immortal attack.

Ratings and reviews

This is one of the best books I read when I was a young voracious reader. Now in my middle age, read it again for nostalgia. I find the wonder hasn't lessened a bit :)

10+ year's. I read this book when I was in middle school. I first came across the second book of this series in the school library and thought it was so interesting from the summary. But I stopped myself because I wanted to read the first one book first. When I was able to fine the first book. I fell in love with everything about this book. I love medieval, magic, animals, swords, knights, Kings and queens, and mythical creatures. And still go back and reread this book every now and then. And I found more books, like Song of the Lioness, and Protector of the small. All of them are soon good. Thank you so much for these wonderful adventures!

I love animals, Daine's wild magic is amazing and when I first read this book at age 12 I loved it, now 30 I still come back to the series. I love the strong female protagonists, not all heroes where capes and suits of armor.

About the author

Beloved author Tamora Pierce has written a great number of books, including the Song of the Lioness quartet, The Immortals quartet, the Circle of Magic quartet, the Protector of the Small quartet, The Circle Opens quartet, the Trickster series, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, the Beka Cooper series, and The Numair Chronicles. Her Song of the Lioness and The Protector of the Small quartets garnered her a Margaret A. Edwards Award, honoring significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. She lives in upstate New York with various cats, other four-legged animals, and birds who feed in her yard, and can be e-visited at Tamora-Pierce.net.