High Fantasy

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	• The Innocent Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker) Karen Miller Orbit, 2007 - 672 pages average customer review:based on 50 reviews view larger image
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High Fantasy

Both this book and its sequel had me enthralled from the start. The world that Ms. Miller has created is very well thought out and complex. The scope of the story, the history tidbits that drive the modern action, and the depth of the characters all combined for a very satisfying read.

The kingdom of Lur is hidden behind a magical wall separating it from the howling evil to the north, an evil unleashed by the mage wars six centuries before. Those wars drove the surviving Doranen into Lur where they met the native people, the Olken. By the laws set down at the time, the fair Doranen rule and maintain the wall with their powerful magics and weather-working, ensuring a paradice for all under the schedualed sky. The apparently magicless Olken live apart from their rulers, but in contentment.

Enter Asher, a fisherman from the south who travels to the capital city to make his fortune so he can buy his own boat, returning home in triumph to keep his father employed and not divide the heritage of his six brothers any further. His plans go awry, of course. And he soon finds himself moving among the Doranen as well as Olken, and not having a good time. Throw in a secret society of Olken magicians, a cardinal crime punishable by death, and Asher's life will be anything but clam sailing.

While I wish more was said about the nature of magic in this world, that was the only issue I had with this very well thought out and written series.

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"The Innocent Mage is come, and we stand at the beginning of the end of everything."

Being a fisherman like his father isn't a bad life, but it's not the one that Asher wants. Despite his humble roots, Asher has grand dreams. And they call him to Dorana, home of princes, beggars?and the warrior mages who have protected the kingdom for generations.

Little does Asher know, however, that his arrival in the city is being closely watched by members of the Circle, people dedicated to preserving an ancient magic.

Asher might have come to the city to make his fortune, but he will find his destiny.

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