Magician: Master (1986)

Magician

Raymond E. Feist

1982 · 681 pages · 1 review

Others: Positive

At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil Kingdom of the Isles, an orphan boy, Pug, is apprenticed to a master Magician – and the destinies of two worlds are changed forever. Suddenly the peace of the Kingdom is destroyed as mysterious alien invaders swarm the land. Pug is swept up into the conflict but for him and his warrior friend, Tomas, an odyssey into the unknown has only just begun. Tomas will inherit a legacy of savage power from an ancient civilization. Pug’s destiny will lead him through a rift in the fabric of space and time to the mastery of the unimaginable powers of a strange new magic.

Magician: Apprentice

Raymond E. Feist

1985 · 485 pages · 2 reviews

Others: Positive

An orphaned kitchen boy named Pug becomes selected as the Kingdom of Midkemia's apprentice to the local sorcerer. A rift opens between this world and another and a great war rages between the two. Pug is captured and a secret magic within him discovered as that war between the two planets continues. There is great magic, fantasy and personal connections between memorable characters.

Dragonfly falling

Adrian Tchaikovsky

2009 · 681 pages · 1 review

Others: Positive

Sequel to Empire of Black and Gold. The Wasp Empire's armies are on the move - and the city of Tark will be the first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren. And within Tark's walls, they'll face a force greater than any Lowlander has ever seen. Stenwold Maker predicted this threat, and the Empire's secret service now deems him too dangerous to live. So he's to be eliminated, and his beloved city of Collegium destroyed. For if this centre of learning is lost, it will crush Lowland resistance. As the Empire's troops continue their relentless advance, their young Empereror pursues another, even darker goal. And his success would trigger a reign of blood lasting a thousand years.

The Healthy Dead

Steven Erikson

2004 · 150 pages · 3 reviews

Others: Positive

Homeland

R.A. Salvatore

1990 · 322 pages · 1 review

Others: Mixed

The strange and exotic Menzoberranzan—the great city of the Underdark, founded millennia ago by the dark elves after they left the surface world—is the home of Drizzt Do'Urden, the hero of The Icewind Dale. Drizzt, the young prince of one of the ruling houses, comes of age in his race's cruel and ruthless world, where the only ray of hope is his weapons master, Zaknafein, who teaches him how—and why—to wield a sword. Possessing a sense of honor incomprehensible to the unprincipled society around him—a society intent only on satisfying the vile whims of the Spider Queen—young Drizzt faces an inevitable dilemma: can he live in a world that rejects integrity?

The sculptor

Scott McCloud

2001 · 487 pages · 2 reviews

Others: Leaning positive

"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance steps of young love; and a gorgeous, street-level portrait of the world's greatest city. It's about the small, warm, human moments of everyday life...and the great surging forces that lie just under the surface. Scott McCloud wrote the book on how comics work; now he vaults into great fiction with a breathtaking, funny, and unforgettable new work"--