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High Mage
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
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Things were starting to look up for Magelord Minalan the Spellmonger: The magic mountain in his domain not only made him a wealthy man and the most powerful mage in history, it also produced a lode of magical gemstones with unique properties - properties the Alka Alon, the masters of magic on Callidore, are fascinated by. When Minalan gets his chance to trade some of his magic rocks for irionite, he finds himself in a position to raise hundreds more magi with the stones...making them High Magi.
But as valuable as that bargain is for prosecuting the war with the Dead God and his sinister armies, such power comes with a hefty price. Every new High Mage Minalan raises presents potential new problems. The Magelords have inspired fear in their neighbors. The warmagi invent deadly new spells. The lower orders of magi are getting restless. The mage-led Sevendor Town wants a new charter. King Rard and the royal court are pressuring the nascent Arcane Orders politically. Some magi are crossing the Penumbra and taking stones from the goblins as well as taking their service. And some are just starting to get a little crazy.
It makes a nice, normal little raid on his lands seem refreshing in its simplicity.
In trying to balance the needs of the war with the needs of a well-ordered Order, Minalan finds himself making compromises, cutting deals, and bargaining what power he has in a high-stakes game where Chaos seems to be the only player who knows the rules. The temptations of his position and the power he wields are great, but so, he discovers, are the responsibilities. But when his patience seems nearly exhausted and his alliances seem ready to crumble, a massive army emerges from the shadowy realms and strikes south, forcing the High Magi to rally around the Spellmonger in defense of the kingdom.
As the genocidal goblin army marches toward the once-prosperous cottonlands of Gilmora, Minalan and his High Magi must defend a single bridge against them at all costs. And they are ready to. But the plans of magi count little when the powerful and subtle mind of the Dead God opposes them. For when the die is cast and the first blow is struck, it becomes clear that nothing is as Minalan had foreseen. As disaster looms for the humani kingdom and even the Alka Alon are threatened, only a desperate appeal to divinity, a dangerously risky adventure and a little classy enchantment offer any hope against calamity. For the day has come when all that stands between ruin and survival is the bravery and cunning of the Spellmonger and his High Magi!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-08-2020
Worth your time.
If you enjoy the works of Brandon Sanderson, and Robert Jordan, you'll probably enjoy this series too.
Good book, good narrative, good narration.
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- Jonathan
- 10-05-2021
won't regret this part
great continuation with awesome writing and story development . great characters that all play a part in this ever expanding story
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-2021
The spell Monger is turning into a larry sue
He's good at everything and everyone likes him. a bit annoying. I hope it improves in future books.
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- Tony Robinson
- 19-08-2020
Love this series
Fantastic read. Great world building and storyline. Keeps getting better by the book. Thanks Terry.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-06-2018
great expansion of the universe
great performance as usual and I felt the story and universe took another good step expanding. I'm now thoroughly invested in the story, characters and can't wait to see what happens next.
There were some awesome twists and turns in this book that got me genuinly excited and loving the story.
my only criticisms are that it always seems too easy for Minilan. given the incredible odds against him he always seems to get away unscathed or without even a close call which seems unlikely. also the tree folk were kind of a disappointment, they had been built up over the series and in the end didn't seem to do much. the lore and the story was great but I would have loved to dive into what makes the tree folk so formidable.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-08-2020
addictive and exciting as always
Fantastic production and acting of the novel that brings it to life. Absolutely love this series and its multiple plots that interweave so many character developments.
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- michael welch
- 19-04-2018
Great series
By now youre on book 5. you're hooked. This book really shows you what amount of power can be used when you have the will.
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- Tristan
- 11-02-2022
Utterly enthralling!!!
So well performed we thought it was a full cast at times. Terry your universe has well and truly pulled us in.
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- MsK
- 27-12-2020
Great Series...
Always Happy to grab the next book.
Enjoying the character development and segues.
Definitely good holiday reading to help escape reality.
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- justine
- 19-07-2021
snother great series
youll bee enthralled each character plays their part i live how everything intertwined bring on the next book
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