Magician (Magician - Raymond E. Feist)

Member Name: masterman9000

Product:	Magician - Raymond E. Feist
Date:	08/12/00 (49 review reads)
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Advantages: amazing read

Disadvantages: it takes away your life until you finish

Until I found this book, well it was actually recommended to me, I had only read science fiction and had never realised that there was so much more to the authors of this world. Magician is set on two planets at war with one another and chronicles the life and times of two characters. The star of the book, Pug, starts off as what is described as asimple keep boy, who has been taken care of by the family of one of his friends, Tomas. The story starts in the sleepy little town of Crydee which is an outpost at the far west of Midkemia (where the war takes place). Within the first couple of chapters I was gripped to the point where I had to take days out of my social life, and turn into a hermit so that I could just sit and read.
The time of the choosing, an event in all boys lives where they are apprenticed to a craftmaster and will then learn the craft from their master. Tomas is apprenticed to the swordmaster, and Pug is left standing in the middle of the courtyard, on his own, while all his friends have been chosen by the various masters. Seeing Pug's expression, the Dukes magician, Kulgan, takes the young lad under his arm. From there on, Pug saves the life of various characters and then rises in rank. Soon the young boy is captured by the Tsuranuanni who are at war with Midkemia. I would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of reading tastes as Raymond E Feist has one of the best expressive abilities I have ever come into contact with and although their subjects differ vastly, I would rate his ability above the of the likes of Arthur C Clarke

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