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| Original Title: | A Blight of Mages |
| ISBN: | 031602922X (ISBN13: 9780316029223) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0 |
Karen Miller
Hardcover | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.86 | 2695 Users | 162 Reviews
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Hundreds of years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe...Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane. Barl is desperate to learn-but her eagerness to use her power leads her astray and she is banned from ever learning the mystic arts.
Morgan holds the key to her education. A member of the Council of Mages, he lives to maintain the status quo, preserve the mage bloodlines, and pursue his scholarly experiments. But Barl's power intrigues him-in spite of her low status.
Together, he realizes they can create extraordinary new incantations. Morgan's ambition and Barl's power make a potent combination. What she does not see is the darkness in him that won't be denied.
A Blight of Mages is the new novel set in the world of Karen Miller's bestselling debut The Innocent Mage.
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| Title | : | A Blight of Mages (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0) |
| Author | : | Karen Miller |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | August 4th 2011 by Orbit |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Magic. High Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 2695 Users | 162 ReviewsAssessment Containing Books A Blight of Mages (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0)
Ive never really considered what the collective noun would be for a group of mages (coven might work, but it has more specific connotations than just a gathering). Blight is probably as good as any. The mages of Dorana certainly seem to fit the description. Never have I met such a pack of whiny and entitled people. I was happy to see their country destroyed.Yes, it is this fury that Karen Miller has inspired in me with A Blight of Mages. Barl Lindin is an unranked mage (shes not good enough toThis is the back story on Barl and Morgan that sets up the whole conflict for Asher in the Kingmaker Kingbreaker series(book:Kingmaker, Kingbreaker: The Omnibus Edition|13074864)and then again later in the Fisherman's Children The Prodigal MageThe Reluctant Mage This book was one of the best out of all five books combined. Why? Because of Morgan Delfrey, that's why. I don't think I have ever loved and hated a character so much that I think I made myself kind of sick about it (I also can assume
I read this (the prequel) before any of the other books in the series, and I must say it is by far the best one.There were a lot of problems with The Innocent Mage and even more so with The Awakened Mage though here Karen Miller gets the tone just right. I would go as far to say that this works perfectly well as a stand-alone novel. You dont really need to know anything else about the series to enjoy this one. The story is strong and the characters are actually interesting (for a change.) So I
I enjoy Karen Miller - but I do understand some of the complaints about her work. She does have a tendency to replay the same conversation between 2 characters again and again like Morgan and his Father and Barl & her brother - I think she was trying to show us the character development ie. how Morgan could do nothing right by his Father but it could have been handled much more succinctly. What I did enjoy was that there were no heroes in this book - all the characters were unlikeable in one
Amazing book! Over 600 pages and I read the whole thing in a day because I didnt want to put it down. You could really identify and sympathise with the characters. Well most of them, two I just wanted to slap lol Made me want to read the rest of her books which didnt appeal at first glance.
Horrible.The story of two greatly flawed and arrogant persons growing more arrogant and flawed, and finally destroying everything. It might be an accurate prequel to the Innocent Mage, but there is nothing of the sympathetic characters of that book contained in this book. Maybe others enjoy their protagonists mean and self-destructive, but for me there was no joy in reading this story.I put off reading this book many times, and eventually had to force myself to finish it, just so I could put it
First and foremost, I must say this: While this book may technically be a prequel to the series Kingmaker / Kingbreaker, for the love of all that is holy, at least read The Innocent Mage and The Awakened Mage before reading A Blight of Mages. Ive noticed an alarming number of reviews that give the book a low amount of stars, because they werent prepared for the violence and changes in one of the main characters, which easily would have been remedied if the original series had been read before
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