Magicians Guild (Black Magician Trilogy: The Magicians' Guild - Trudi Canavan)

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Product:	Black Magician Trilogy: The Magicians' Guild - Trudi Canavan
Date:	12/06/06 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: Exciting magical read

Disadvantages: You wont be able to put it down

Every year a purge takes place to filter out all of the thieves and murderers in the town of Imardin, by the Magicians Guild. An impenetrable shield is in place to rid the miscreants -or so they think-. A young girl captures her rage and hate towards the Magicians, for throwing her from her home and forcing her to live back in the slums, and hurls a stone at them, with a surprise to find that it flies straight through the invisible shield and knocks a magician unconscious.

The Magicians hold a meet, and feel their worst fear is true. There is a natural amongst the Slum Dwellers. Someone who has unleashed their magical powers without help, which could be dangerous for both possessor and the Guild. A search begins for the girl, who is accompanied by her old friends from the slums.

A cat-and-mouse chase begins to find the girl, which begins from house to house searches, to a bounty for the girls discovery. They must find her for the future of the city will be determined from her actions.


The book begins with little dialect between characters, which creates a mystical feeling to the town as it is described in detail using words like: soul grieved whistled screamed ragged whimper, all in the first small paragraph. This style of writing is consistent throughout, whereas aimed at a higher audience than such as Harry Potter, has a more complex structure to the righting.

The story is the first in the trilogy of The Black Magician Trilogy, also there is word from the author there may be a prequel, and a sequel-trilogy. Just like the Lord of the Rings, this story is stretched out over three books and takes you to an imaginary place with a totally different culture. Different speech, and morals are implemented in this world. There are those who think themselves higher than others, which is a great catalyst for rebellion.

In all this is a great Fantasy read. With three volumes and room for more, it’s a great world to get into.


The book cost around £7.99, though i bought it for £2.99 from ebay!

Summary: great Fantasy read