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Reginald, now King, is struggling against the rising tide of the
Old God entities. He knows that his army alone cannot defeat them,
even with cold iron that can contain them and free enslaved humans.
But as cities burn and farmland is devastated, the people have been
easily convinced by cultists to turn to the Old Gods. In a
neighbouring kingdom the weak young ruler, fallen prey to an entity
that promised him the world, starts his campaign to fulfil that
promise, adding to the threats heading towards Andalusia.
Reginald's best hope is that Isabella, his sorceress Queen, and
Princess Silverdale, his talented sister, can learn enough about
the entities and their relationship with the human realm to find a
magical way to defeat them. But, as time is running out, shattering
news arrives from the Golden City...
After the campaign in the Summer Isle, Isabella rides out the
winter storms by studying the godly magic under Mother Lembu, in
the process learning about the origins of the old gods. Crown
Prince Reginald receives word that his father the King is ill and
his sister Princess Sofia, acting as regent, is imposing a regime
that is strangely similar to what had been happening on the Summer
Isle - nobles killed, temples smashed, enforced public worship of
old gods. Concerned that his family, and indeed his homeland, are
in danger, Reginald is determined to return home. But the storms
are still raging with what appears to be unnatural force, making
any attempt to return to Andalusia too risky for the Prince and his
men.... unless Isabella can somehow use the new rituals she has
learnt to placate the powers behind the storms and navigate the
fleet safely home to face whatever has taken control of the
kingdom.
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Cry Wolf (Paperback)
Tam Ho Sim; Christopher Nuttall
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R532
Discovery Miles 5 320
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In The Unwritten Words, Christopher Nuttall's story-telling mastery
weaves a new epic which follows on from his bestselling Bookworm
series and is set in that same world. In The Promised Lie, the
first book of the new series, five years have passed since the
earth-shattering events of Bookworm IV. The Golden City has fallen.
The Grand Sorcerer and Court Wizards are dead. The Empire they
ruled is nothing more than a memory, a golden age lost in the civil
wars as kings and princes battle for supremacy. And only a handful
of trained magicians remain alive. Isabella Majuro, Lady Sorceress,
is little more than a mercenary, fighting for money in a desperate
bid to escape her past. But when Prince Reginald of Andalusia plots
the invasion of the Summer Isle, Isabella finds herself dragged
into a war against strange magics from before recorded history ...
... And an ancient mystery that may spell the end of the human
race. Praise for the award-winning Bookworm series: Bookworm was
winner of the GOLD Award in the Adult Fiction category of the 2013
Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards. "A thrilling adventure
packed full of magic and memorable characters. Highly recommended."
- The Wishing Shelf Awards "one of the best authors of entertaining
epic fantasy" - Seregil of Rhiminee "the author has woven an
exciting and entertaining story of secrets, dark history, books,
werewolves and magic, and knows how to keep the story on the move"
- Risingshadow
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Past Tense (Paperback)
Christopher Nuttall
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R528
R449
Discovery Miles 4 490
Save R79 (15%)
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A new Emperor has arisen ...and the Empire is collapsing into
chaos. Having escaped from the Golden City, Elaine, Johan and their
friends - including some strange allies with goals of their own -
race desperately towards Ida, hiding place of the ancient
Witch-King. Behind them, the armies of the new Emperor - a man
permanently poised on the verge of madness - give chase, unleashing
monsters and spells from the long-buried past on everyone who
stands in their way. Ahead of them, the Witch-King waits, biding
his time as he prepares for his ascension. As they endure terrible
dangers - and figures from the past - Elaine and Johan come to
realise that Elaine's knowledge of magic and the bond between them
may be the only thing standing between the Witch-King and godhood.
But if they cannot prepare a defence in time, the entire world will
die when the Witch-King rises from his tomb ...The fourth and final
instalment in the Bookworm series, Full Circle follows on from the
events in The Best Laid Plans, with Elaine and her friends heading
for Ida to confront the Witch-King.
Elaine and Johan are preparing to leave Golden City, with Daria and
the travellers, in order to search for the Witch-King. The Grand
Sorceress instructs Inquisitor Cass to help them. But before Elaine
can leave she is arrested by two Inquisitors on the orders of the
Emperor. When she resists she is hit with a powerful spell that
forces her to concentrate all her efforts on protecting her mind
from its intrusion. Taken to the palace she finds that the Grand
Sorceress has been removed and the Throne has accepted an heir to
the Empire. Realising this has to be the work of the Witch-King,
Elaine must defeat the spell that is eating away at her defences if
she is to escape and destroy him. Meanwhile, Johan, Daria and Cass
are trying to find a way to get to Elaine and break her out of the
cell in which she is being held. The Golden City is still widely
devastated from the disastrous battle for power that followed the
death of the previous Grand Sorcerer. The recent escalating
breakdown of social order can only be made worse by the return of
an Emperor and the imposition of martial law. The Privy Councillors
and Heads of the Great Houses succumb to the power of the new
Emperor, as he amasses a huge army. It is up to Elaine and her
friends, with some unexpected help, to prevent an all-out war. The
third instalment in the Bookworm series, The Best Laid Plans
follows on immediately from the events in The Very Ugly Duckling,
with Elaine and Johan joined by other favourite characters as they
try to track down the Witch-King.
Not every ugly duckling becomes a swan ...In the wake of the
disastrous attack on the Golden City, Lady Light Spinner has become
Grand Sorceress and Elaine, the Bookworm, has been settling into
her positions as Head Librarian and Privy Councillor. But any hope
of vanishing into her books is negated when a new magician of
staggering power appears, one whose abilities seem to defy the
known laws of magic. Johan is a Powerless, a person born to a
magical family yet lacking powers of his own. His dreams of a
better life are curbed by his family, who see him as a cripple at
best and a burden at worst. But when a political protest goes
horrifically wrong, Johan discovers that his true powers have
merely been buried, waiting for their chance to explode into the
world. As he comes to grips with his newfound talents, he realises
that he finally has a chance to realise his ambitions. But for the
Golden City, reeling after the devastation of six months before, he
may be the greatest threat the city has ever seen. Elaine must
unlock the mystery behind his powers, before the political factions
can kill him ...or use him to unleash a nightmare. Returning to
well-loved characters and introducing new ones, Bookworm II: The
Very Ugly Duckling explores power - and the effect it has on the
human mind.
Elaine is an orphan girl who has grown up in a world where magical
ability brings power. Her limited talent was enough to ensure a
magical training but she's very inexperienced and was lucky to get
a position working in the Great Library. Now, the Grand Sorcerer -
the most powerful magician of them all - is dying, although
initially that makes little difference to Elaine; she certainly
doesn't have the power to compete for higher status in the Golden
City. But all that changes when she triggers a magical trap and
ends up with all the knowledge from the Great Library - including
forbidden magic that no one is supposed to know - stuffed inside
her head. This unwanted gift doesn't give her greater power, but it
does give her a better understanding of magic, allowing her to
accomplish far more than ever before. It's also terribly dangerous.
If the senior wizards find out what has happened to her, they will
almost certainly have her killed. The knowledge locked away in the
Great Library was meant to remain permanently sealed and letting it
out could mean a repeat of the catastrophic Necromantic Wars of
five hundred years earlier. Elaine is forced to struggle with the
terrors and temptations represented by her newfound knowledge, all
the while trying to stay out of sight of those she fears, embodied
by the sinister Inquisitor Dread. But a darkly powerful figure has
been drawing up a plan to take the power of the Grand Sorcerer for
himself; and Elaine, unknowingly, is vital to his scheme. Unless
she can unlock the mysteries behind her new knowledge, divine the
unfolding plan, and discover the truth about her own origins, there
is no hope for those she loves, the Golden City or her entire
world.
It's 1830, in an alternate Britain where the 'scientific'
principles of magic were discovered sixty years previously,
allowing the British to win the American War of Independence.
Although Britain is now supreme among the Great Powers, the gulf
between rich and poor in the Empire has widened and unrest is
growing every day. Master Thomas, the King's Royal Sorcerer, is
ageing and must find a successor to lead the Royal Sorcerers Corps.
Most magicians can possess only one of the panoply of known magical
powers, but Thomas needs to find a new Master of all the powers.
There is only one candidate, one person who has displayed such a
talent from an early age, but has been neither trained nor
officially acknowledged. A perfect candidate to be Master Thomas'
apprentice in all ways but one: the Royal College of Sorcerers has
never admitted a girl before. But even before Lady Gwendolyn
Crichton can begin her training, London is plunged into chaos by a
campaign of terrorist attacks co-ordinated by Jack, a powerful and
rebellious magician. The Royal Sorceress will certainly appeal to
all fans of steampunk, alternate history, and fantasy. As well as
the fun of the 'what-ifs' delivered by the rewriting of our past,
it delights with an Empire empowered by magic - all the better for
being one we can recognise. The scheming and intrigue of Jack and
his rebels, the roof-top chases and the thrilling battles of magic
are played out against the dark and unforgiving backdrop of life in
the sordid slums and dangerous factories of London. Many of the
rebels are drawn from a seedy and grimy underworld, while their
Establishment targets prey on the weak and defenceless. The price
for destroying the social imbalance and sexual inequality that
underpin society may be more than anyone can imagine.
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