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Magician

Magician

Apprentice

by Raymond E. Feist

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appears in Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, and Fiction.

An alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. His courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, but he was ill at ease with normal wizardry. Yet his strange magic may save two worlds from dark bein...

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appears in Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, and Fiction.

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A Wizard of Earthsea
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Consider A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. le Guin. Recommended by 3 sources.

Le Guin's novel reads as a compact, lyrical coming-of-age quest: a bright, reckless boy learns the costs of magic, speaks true names, faces a shadow he unleashed, and travels through islands and encounters that test his craft. What works best is the spare, poetic prose that turns familiar fantasy plot beats into moral parables about hubris, restraint, and identity. The limitation: the pacing is deliberate and episodic, and some readers may find female characters thinly sketched and moral lessons stated rather than deeply argued.

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